Ensure empty has_many :through association preloaded via joins is marked as loaded. Fixes #2054.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
index 0b1ba31ac2..5f2328ff95 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
@@ -813,4 +813,12 @@ class HasManyThroughAssociationsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
       assert !c.save
     end
   end
+
+  def test_preloading_empty_through_association_via_joins
+    person = Person.create!(:first_name => "Gaga")
+    person = Person.where(:id => person.id).where('readers.id = 1 or 1=1').includes(:posts).to_a.first
+
+    assert person.posts.loaded?, 'person.posts should be loaded'
+    assert_equal [], person.posts
+  end
 end