2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb
index 186b531ffb..ddf4ce4058 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb
@@ -409,6 +409,17 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
 
         def method_missing(method, *args)
+          case method.to_s
+          when 'find_or_create'
+            return find(:first, :conditions => args.first) || create(args.first)
+          when /^find_or_create_by_(.*)$/
+            rest = $1
+            return  send("find_by_#{rest}", *args) ||
+                    method_missing("create_by_#{rest}", *args)
+          when /^create_by_(.*)$/
+            return create Hash[$1.split('_and_').zip(args)]
+          end
+
           if @target.respond_to?(method) || (!@reflection.klass.respond_to?(method) && Class.respond_to?(method))
             if block_given?
               super { |*block_args| yield(*block_args) }
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_association.rb
index 92c6b3e770..d74fb7c702 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_association.rb
@@ -110,7 +110,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
           create_scoping = {}
           set_belongs_to_association_for(create_scoping)
           {
-            :find => { :conditions => @finder_sql, :readonly => false, :order => @reflection.options[:order], :limit => @reflection.options[:limit], :include => @reflection.options[:include]},
+            :find => { :conditions => @finder_sql, 
+                       :readonly => false, 
+                       :order => @reflection.options[:order], 
+                       :limit => @reflection.options[:limit], 
+                       :include => @reflection.options[:include]},
             :create => create_scoping
           }
         end