Merge branch 'master' into zomg

* master: (51 commits)
  order is not guaranteed by this select, so add an order and call first!
  oracle stores this with microseconds, so convert to seconds before comparing
  make sure that active connections are not cleared during test when an exception happens
  clearing active connections in the ConnectionManagement middleware if an exception happens
  proxy body responses so we close database connections after body is flushed
  Pass the proper method_name instead of hardcoding to action_name.
  Quote find_in_batches ORDER BY clause [#6620 state:resolved]
  Delegate first!, last!, any? and many? to scoped
  Dont call authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic twice
  Remove 'warning: ambiguous first argument' when running ActionPack tests
  Change exists? so that it doesn't instantiate records [#6127 state:resolved]
  Move mapper_test to the appropriate location
  Update the wildcard route to be non-greedy by default, therefore be able to match the (.:format) segment [#6605 state:resolved]
  Fix examples
  Added Base.http_basic_authenticate_with to do simple http basic authentication with a single class method call [DHH]
  make sure we have an active database connection before running each connection management test
  adding active_connections? to the connection pool for finding open connections
  adding active_connection? to the connection pool
  testing app delegation from the ConnectionManagement middleware
  namespacing connection management tests. :heart:
  ...

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
index 48abf119f1..9025d9e24c 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ module ActionView
       #
       # is equivalent to something like:
       #
-      #   <%= form_for @post, :as => :post, :url => post_path(@post), :html => { :method => :put, :class => "edit_post", :id => "edit_post_45" } do |f| %>
+      #   <%= form_for @post, :as => :post, :url => post_path(@post), :method => :put, :html => { :class => "edit_post", :id => "edit_post_45" } do |f| %>
       #     ...
       #   <% end %>
       #
@@ -236,6 +236,16 @@ module ActionView
       # Where <tt>@document = Document.find(params[:id])</tt> and
       # <tt>@comment = Comment.new</tt>.
       #
+      # === Setting the method
+      #
+      # You can force the form to use the full array of HTTP verbs by setting 
+      #
+      #    :method => (:get|:post|:put|:delete)
+      #
+      # in the options hash. If the verb is not GET or POST, which are natively supported by HTML forms, the
+      # form will be set to POST and a hidden input called _method will carry the intended verb for the server
+      # to interpret.
+      #
       # === Unobtrusive JavaScript
       #
       # Specifying:
@@ -298,7 +308,7 @@ module ActionView
       #
       # In this case, if you use this:
       #
-      #   <%= render :partial => f %>
+      #   <%= render f %>
       #
       # The rendered template is <tt>people/_labelling_form</tt> and the local
       # variable referencing the form builder is called
@@ -350,6 +360,7 @@ module ActionView
         end
 
         options[:html][:remote] = options.delete(:remote)
+        options[:html][:method] = options.delete(:method) if options.has_key?(:method)
         options[:html][:authenticity_token] = options.delete(:authenticity_token)
 
         builder = options[:parent_builder] = instantiate_builder(object_name, object, options, &proc)