Return a null column when no column exists for an attribute

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb
index 6cd4e43ddd..4e32b78e34 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
 
       def _field_changed?(attr, old, value)
-        column = column_for_attribute(attr) || Type::Value.new
-        column.changed?(old, value)
+        column_for_attribute(attr).changed?(old, value)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/write.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/write.rb
index c3e601a208..5203b30462 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/write.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/write.rb
@@ -72,18 +72,20 @@ module ActiveRecord
         @attributes.delete(attr_name)
         column = column_for_attribute(attr_name)
 
+        unless has_attribute?(attr_name) || self.class.columns_hash.key?(attr_name)
+          raise ActiveModel::MissingAttributeError, "can't write unknown attribute `#{attr_name}'"
+        end
+
         # If we're dealing with a binary column, write the data to the cache
         # so we don't attempt to typecast multiple times.
-        if column && column.binary?
+        if column.binary?
           @attributes[attr_name] = value
         end
 
-        if column && should_type_cast
+        if should_type_cast
           @raw_attributes[attr_name] = column.type_cast_for_write(value)
-        elsif !should_type_cast || @raw_attributes.has_key?(attr_name)
-          @raw_attributes[attr_name] = value
         else
-          raise ActiveModel::MissingAttributeError, "can't write unknown attribute `#{attr_name}'"
+          @raw_attributes[attr_name] = value
         end
       end
     end