Allow to read and write AR attributes with non valid identifiers

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb
index d03fc68a11..fba7af741d 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class ReadonlyTitlePost < Post
   attr_readonly :title
 end
 
+class Weird < ActiveRecord::Base; end
+
 class Boolean < ActiveRecord::Base; end
 
 class BasicsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
@@ -477,6 +479,16 @@ class BasicsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert_equal "changed", post.body
   end
 
+  def test_non_valid_identifier_column_name
+    weird = Weird.create('a$b' => 'value')
+    weird.reload
+    assert_equal 'value', weird.send('a$b')
+
+    weird.update_attribute('a$b', 'value2')
+    weird.reload
+    assert_equal 'value2', weird.send('a$b')
+  end
+
   def test_multiparameter_attributes_on_date
     attributes = { "last_read(1i)" => "2004", "last_read(2i)" => "6", "last_read(3i)" => "24" }
     topic = Topic.find(1)
diff --git a/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb b/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb
index bdadd0698b..362475de36 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/schema/schema.rb
@@ -690,6 +690,9 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define do
     t.integer :molecule_id
     t.string :name
   end
+  create_table :weirds, :force => true do |t|
+    t.string 'a$b'
+  end
 
   except 'SQLite' do
     # fk_test_has_fk should be before fk_test_has_pk