adding some backwards compatibility for AR

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/arel/select_manager.rb b/lib/arel/select_manager.rb
index 6942014208..ce74daab82 100644
--- a/lib/arel/select_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/select_manager.rb
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ module Arel
     end
 
     def having expr
+      expr = Nodes::SqlLiteral.new(expr) if String === expr
+
       @ctx.having = Nodes::Having.new(expr)
       self
     end
diff --git a/spec/arel/select_manager_spec.rb b/spec/arel/select_manager_spec.rb
index e5124a16c7..bf3b63ff49 100644
--- a/spec/arel/select_manager_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/arel/select_manager_spec.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ module Arel
   end
 
   describe 'select manager' do
+    describe 'backwards compatibility' do
+      describe '#having' do
+        it 'converts strings to SQLLiterals' do
+          table   = Table.new :users
+          mgr = table.from table
+          mgr.having 'foo'
+        mgr.to_sql.should be_like %{ SELECT FROM "users" HAVING foo }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     describe 'skip' do
       it 'should add an offset' do
         table   = Table.new :users