1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index 293fe0c833..3342fc7092 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -832,9 +832,9 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
 
       # Returns a clone of the record that hasn't been assigned an id yet and is treated as a new record.
       def clone
-        cloned_record = self.class.new(self.attributes)
-        cloned_record.instance_variable_set "@new_record", true
-        cloned_record.id = nil
+        attrs = self.attributes
+	attrs.delete(self.class.primary_key)
+        cloned_record = self.class.new(attrs)
         cloned_record
       end
             
@@ -1253,4 +1253,4 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
         string[0..3] == "--- "
       end
   end
-end
-\ No newline at end of file
+end