Fix multidimensional PG arrays containing non-string items

activerecord/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+*   Fix multidimensional PG arrays containing non-string items.
+
+    *Yves Senn*
+
 *   Load fixtures from linked folders.
 
     *Kassio Borges*

activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/cast.rb

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def cidr_to_string(object)
         end
 
         def string_to_array(string, oid)
-          parse_pg_array(string).map{|val| oid.type_cast val}
+          parse_pg_array(string).map {|val| type_cast_array(oid, val)}
         end
 
         private
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ def quote_and_escape(value)
               "\"#{value.gsub(/"/,"\\\"")}\""
             end
           end
+
+          def type_cast_array(oid, value)
+            if ::Array === value
+              value.map {|item| type_cast_array(oid, item)}
+            else
+              oid.type_cast value
+            end
+          end
       end
     end
   end

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

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ def setup
     @connection = ActiveRecord::Base.connection
       @connection.transaction do
         @connection.create_table('pg_arrays') do |t|
-          t.string 'tags', :array => true
+          t.string 'tags', array: true
+          t.integer 'ratings', array: true
         end
       end
     @column = PgArray.columns.find { |c| c.name == 'tags' }
@@ -78,28 +79,32 @@ def test_select
     assert_equal(['1','2','3'], x.tags)
   end
 
-  def test_multi_dimensional
-    assert_cycle([['1','2'],['2','3']])
+  def test_multi_dimensional_with_strings
+    assert_cycle(:tags, [[['1'], ['2']], [['2'], ['3']]])
+  end
+
+  def test_multi_dimensional_with_integers
+    assert_cycle(:ratings, [[[1], [7]], [[8], [10]]])
   end
 
   def test_strings_with_quotes
-    assert_cycle(['this has','some "s that need to be escaped"'])
+    assert_cycle(:tags, ['this has','some "s that need to be escaped"'])
   end
 
   def test_strings_with_commas
-    assert_cycle(['this,has','many,values'])
+    assert_cycle(:tags, ['this,has','many,values'])
   end
 
   def test_strings_with_array_delimiters
-    assert_cycle(['{','}'])
+    assert_cycle(:tags, ['{','}'])
   end
 
   def test_strings_with_null_strings
-    assert_cycle(['NULL','NULL'])
+    assert_cycle(:tags, ['NULL','NULL'])
   end
 
   def test_contains_nils
-    assert_cycle(['1',nil,nil])
+    assert_cycle(:tags, ['1',nil,nil])
   end
 
   def test_insert_fixture
@@ -109,17 +114,17 @@ def test_insert_fixture
   end
 
   private
-  def assert_cycle array
+  def assert_cycle field, array
     # test creation
-    x = PgArray.create!(:tags => array)
+    x = PgArray.create!(field => array)
     x.reload
-    assert_equal(array, x.tags)
+    assert_equal(array, x.public_send(field))
 
     # test updating
-    x = PgArray.create!(:tags => [])
-    x.tags = array
+    x = PgArray.create!(field => [])
+    x.public_send("#{field}=", array)
     x.save!
     x.reload
-    assert_equal(array, x.tags)
+    assert_equal(array, x.public_send(field))
   end
 end