attribute_present? should return false for empty strings

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
index 3e27e85f02..93c243e7b1 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     # nil nor empty? (the latter only applies to objects that respond to empty?, most notably Strings).
     def attribute_present?(attribute)
       value = read_attribute(attribute)
-      !value.nil? || (value.respond_to?(:empty?) && !value.empty?)
+      !value.nil? && !(value.respond_to?(:empty?) && value.empty?)
     end
 
     # Returns the column object for the named attribute.
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/attribute_methods_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/attribute_methods_test.rb
index 23bdb09514..ef01476ae4 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/attribute_methods_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/attribute_methods_test.rb
@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@ class AttributeMethodsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     t = Topic.new
     t.title = "hello there!"
     t.written_on = Time.now
+    t.author_name = ""
     assert t.attribute_present?("title")
     assert t.attribute_present?("written_on")
     assert !t.attribute_present?("content")
+    assert !t.attribute_present?("author_name")
+    
   end
 
   def test_attribute_present_with_booleans