2 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cgi_ext/cgi_methods.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cgi_ext/cgi_methods.rb
index d922e48b10..3a14311acf 100755
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cgi_ext/cgi_methods.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cgi_ext/cgi_methods.rb
@@ -17,13 +17,17 @@ class CGIMethods #:nodoc:
         k = CGI.unescape(k) if k
         v = CGI.unescape(v) if v
 
-        keys = split_key(k)
-        last_key = keys.pop
-        last_key = keys.pop if (use_array = last_key.empty?)
-        parent = keys.inject(parsed_params) {|h, k| h[k] ||= {}}
-        
-        if use_array then (parent[last_key] ||= []) << v
-        else parent[last_key] = v
+        unless k.include?(?[)
+          parsed_params[k] = v
+        else
+          keys = split_key(k)
+          last_key = keys.pop
+          last_key = keys.pop if (use_array = last_key.empty?)
+          parent = keys.inject(parsed_params) {|h, k| h[k] ||= {}}
+          
+          if use_array then (parent[last_key] ||= []) << v
+          else parent[last_key] = v
+          end
         end
       }
   
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cgi_process.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cgi_process.rb
index d1d8a660c7..e9e539cfdc 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cgi_process.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cgi_process.rb
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
 
     private
       def new_session
-        CGI::Session.new(@cgi, session_options_with_string_keys.merge("new_session" => true))
+        CGI::Session.new(@cgi, session_options_with_string_keys.update("new_session" => true))
       end
       
       def session_options_with_string_keys
-        DEFAULT_SESSION_OPTIONS.merge(@session_options).inject({}) { |options, pair| options[pair.first.to_s] = pair.last; options }
+        DEFAULT_SESSION_OPTIONS.merge(@session_options).inject({}) { |options, (k,v)| options[k.to_s] = v; options }
       end
   end