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-rw-r--r--activerecord/CHANGELOG.md6
-rw-r--r--activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb10
-rw-r--r--activerecord/test/cases/validations/uniqueness_validation_test.rb8
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e035c11e0..81e48862d4 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+* Fix bug when validating the uniqueness of an aliased attribute.
+
+ Fixes #12402.
+
+ *Lauro Caetano*
+
* Update counter cache on a has_many relationship regardless of default scope
Fix #12952.
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb
index 38f37f5c8a..e2b132ca81 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,15 @@ module ActiveRecord
value = value.attributes[reflection.primary_key_column.name] unless value.nil?
end
- column = klass.columns_hash[attribute.to_s]
+ attribute_name = attribute.to_s
+
+ # the attribute may be an aliased attribute
+ if klass.attribute_aliases[attribute_name]
+ attribute = klass.attribute_aliases[attribute_name]
+ attribute_name = attribute.to_s
+ end
+
+ column = klass.columns_hash[attribute_name]
value = klass.connection.type_cast(value, column)
value = value.to_s[0, column.limit] if value && column.limit && column.text?
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/validations/uniqueness_validation_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/validations/uniqueness_validation_test.rb
index 71cb9d7b1e..74c696c858 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/validations/uniqueness_validation_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/validations/uniqueness_validation_test.rb
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ class UniquenessValidationTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
assert t2.save, "Should now save t2 as unique"
end
+ def test_validate_uniqueness_with_alias_attribute
+ Topic.alias_attribute :new_title, :title
+ Topic.validates_uniqueness_of(:new_title)
+
+ topic = Topic.new(new_title: 'abc')
+ assert topic.valid?
+ end
+
def test_validates_uniqueness_with_nil_value
Topic.validates_uniqueness_of(:title)