Make Postgres point type correspond to ruby array with two floats inside

4 files changed, 43 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/cast.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/cast.rb
index fcbd8fd88a..14ef07a75e 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/cast.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/cast.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@ module ActiveRecord
   module ConnectionAdapters
     class PostgreSQLColumn < Column
       module Cast
+        def point_to_string(point)
+          "(#{point[0]},#{point[1]})"
+        end
+
+        def string_to_point(string)
+          if string[0] == '(' && string[-1] == ')'
+            string = string[1...-1]
+          end
+          string.split(',').map{ |v| Float(v) }
+        end
+
         def string_to_time(string)
           return string unless String === string
 
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid.rb
index 68f2f2ca7b..51f377dfd7 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid.rb
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ module ActiveRecord
           end
         end
 
+        class Point < Type
+          def type_cast(value)
+            if String === value
+              ConnectionAdapters::PostgreSQLColumn.string_to_point value
+            else
+              value
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
         class Array < Type
           attr_reader :subtype
           def initialize(subtype)
@@ -330,6 +340,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
         register_type 'time', OID::Time.new
 
         register_type 'path', OID::Identity.new
+        register_type 'point', OID::Point.new
         register_type 'polygon', OID::Identity.new
         register_type 'circle', OID::Identity.new
         register_type 'hstore', OID::Hstore.new
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/quoting.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/quoting.rb
index 49b93e5626..6329733abc 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/quoting.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/quoting.rb
@@ -28,10 +28,14 @@ module ActiveRecord
               super
             end
           when Array
-            if column.array
-              "'#{PostgreSQLColumn.array_to_string(value, column, self)}'"
+            case sql_type
+            when 'point' then super(PostgreSQLColumn.point_to_string(value))
             else
-              super
+              if column.array
+                "'#{PostgreSQLColumn.array_to_string(value, column, self)}'"
+              else
+                super
+              end
             end
           when Hash
             case sql_type
@@ -92,8 +96,12 @@ module ActiveRecord
               super(value, column)
             end
           when Array
-            return super(value, column) unless column.array
-            PostgreSQLColumn.array_to_string(value, column, self)
+            case column.sql_type
+            when 'point' then PostgreSQLColumn.point_to_string(value)
+            else
+              return super(value, column) unless column.array
+              PostgreSQLColumn.array_to_string(value, column, self)
+            end
           when String
             return super(value, column) unless 'bytea' == column.sql_type
             { :value => value, :format => 1 }
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
index fd7d58616a..d26b676335 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
@@ -711,7 +711,14 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
           # populate composite types
           nodes.find_all { |row| OID::TYPE_MAP.key? row['typelem'].to_i }.each do |row|
-            vector = OID::Vector.new row['typdelim'], OID::TYPE_MAP[row['typelem'].to_i]
+            if OID.registered_type? row['typname']
+              # this composite type is explicitly registered
+              vector = OID::NAMES[row['typname']]
+            else
+              # use the default for composite types
+              vector = OID::Vector.new row['typdelim'], OID::TYPE_MAP[row['typelem'].to_i]
+            end
+
             OID::TYPE_MAP[row['oid'].to_i] = vector
           end