read_attribute does not do the type cast with PostgreSQL

[maxime-menant]

I am migrating from mysql to PostgreSQL, in my Event model I redefine the accessor of one attribute (a datetime field) using

def start_date
  # some business logic to set the time zone
  read_attribute(:start_date)
end

But when I call event.startdate I get "2012-02-06 07:00:00" #String instead of Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:00:00 0000 # DateTime with the mysql adapter

I think that is the behavior of "read_attribute_before_type_cast" and not "read_attribute", no ?

Using Ruby 1.9.2 / Rails 3.2.2 and PostgreSQL 9.1.3

[rafaelfranca]

Hey @maxime-menant. I think it was fixed in the master version, but it was not a trivial fix, so I think it will not be backported to the 3-2-stable branch. Could you check your code with the Rails master branch?

Thanks for reporting.

cc @tenderlove

[tenderlove]

Hi @maxime-menant, I'm closing this because it's a duplicate of #5549. I've made a fix on master, but we're discussing how to fix this on 3-2-stable in #5549.

[maxime-menant]

Hi, thanks for your help!

I will try the 3-2 stable branch on my project when you have found how to backport the fix from the master.

[maxime-menant]

It works with the last version of the 3-2-stable branch! Thanks a lot for this quick fix