1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb
index 6c8a102caf..04ab7e0a43 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
                    :port     => config.port,
                    :database => config.path.sub(%r{^/},""),
                    :host     => config.host }
-          spec.reject!{ |_,value| !value }
+          spec.reject!{ |_,value| value.blank? }
+          spec.map { |key,value| spec[key] = URI.unescape(value) if value.is_a?(String) }
           if config.query
             options = Hash[config.query.split("&").map{ |pair| pair.split("=") }].symbolize_keys
             spec.merge!(options)