PostgreSQL hstore types are automatically deserialized from the datab…

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activerecord/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## Rails 4.0.0 (unreleased) ##
+
+*   PostgreSQL hstore types are automatically deserialized from the database.
+
 ## Rails 3.2.0 (unreleased) ##
 
 *   Added ability to run migrations only for given scope, which allows

activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/column.rb

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def type_cast(value)
         when :date                 then klass.value_to_date(value)
         when :binary               then klass.binary_to_string(value)
         when :boolean              then klass.value_to_boolean(value)
+        when :hstore               then klass.cast_hstore(value)
         else value
         end
       end
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ def type_cast_code(var_name)
         when :date                 then "#{klass}.value_to_date(#{var_name})"
         when :binary               then "#{klass}.binary_to_string(#{var_name})"
         when :boolean              then "#{klass}.value_to_boolean(#{var_name})"
+        when :hstore               then "#{klass}.cast_hstore(#{var_name})"
         else var_name
         end
       end

activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb

@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ def string_to_time(string)
             super
           end
         end
+
+        def cast_hstore(string)
+          Hash[[string.split('=>').map { |k| k[1...-1] }]]
+        end
       end
       # :startdoc:
 

activerecord/test/cases/adapters/postgresql/hstore_test.rb

@@ -21,4 +21,20 @@ def test_column
     assert column
     assert_equal :hstore, column.type
   end
+
+  def test_type_cast_hstore
+    column = Hstore.columns.find { |c| c.name == 'tags' }
+    assert column
+
+    data = "\"1\"=>\"2\""
+    hash = column.class.cast_hstore data
+    assert_equal({'1' => '2'}, hash)
+    assert_equal({'1' => '2'}, column.type_cast(data))
+  end
+
+  def test_select
+    @connection.execute "insert into hstores (tags) VALUES ('1=>2')"
+    x = Hstore.find :first
+    assert_equal({'1' => '2'}, x.tags)
+  end
 end