Don't require a DB connection when setting primary key.

Closes #2807.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/primary_keys_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/primary_keys_test.rb
index 05a41d8a0a..489c7d8310 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/primary_keys_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/primary_keys_test.rb
@@ -145,4 +145,20 @@ class PrimaryKeysTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     k.set_primary_key "bar"
     assert_equal k.connection.quote_column_name("bar"), k.quoted_primary_key
   end
+
+  def test_set_primary_key_with_no_connection
+    return skip("disconnect wipes in-memory db") if in_memory_db?
+
+    connection = ActiveRecord::Base.remove_connection
+
+    model = Class.new(ActiveRecord::Base) do
+      set_primary_key 'foo'
+    end
+
+    assert_equal 'foo', model.primary_key
+
+    ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(connection)
+
+    assert_equal 'foo', model.primary_key
+  end
 end