Do not consider the numeric attribute as changed if the old value is

zero and the new value is not a string.

Before this commit this was the behavior

r = Review.find_by_issue(0)
r.issue
=> 0
r.changes
=> {}
r.issue = 0
=> 0
r.changed?
=> true
r.changes
=> {"issue"=>[0,0]}

Fixes #7237

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/dirty_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/dirty_test.rb
index 60497ac5d8..d939e13d9a 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/dirty_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/dirty_test.rb
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class DirtyTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  def test_nullable_integer_zero_to_string_zero_not_marked_as_changed
+  def test_integer_zero_to_string_zero_not_marked_as_changed
     pirate = Pirate.new
     pirate.parrot_id = 0
     pirate.catchphrase = 'arrr'
@@ -213,6 +213,19 @@ class DirtyTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert !pirate.changed?
   end
 
+  def test_integer_zero_to_integer_zero_not_marked_as_changed
+    pirate = Pirate.new
+    pirate.parrot_id = 0
+    pirate.catchphrase = 'arrr'
+    assert pirate.save!
+
+    assert !pirate.changed?
+
+    pirate.parrot_id = 0
+    assert !pirate.changed?
+  end
+
+
   def test_zero_to_blank_marked_as_changed
     pirate = Pirate.new
     pirate.catchphrase = "Yarrrr, me hearties"