2 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb
index 027d736484..abb695264e 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       def transaction(options = {})
         options.assert_valid_keys :requires_new, :joinable
 
-        last_transaction_joinable = @transaction_joinable
+        last_transaction_joinable = defined?(@transaction_joinable) ? @transaction_joinable : nil
         if options.has_key?(:joinable)
           @transaction_joinable = options[:joinable]
         else
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb
index 520f3c8c0c..64faaef4a0 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb
@@ -319,16 +319,19 @@ module ActiveRecord
       def method_missing(symbol, *args)
         if symbol.to_s == 'xml'
           xml_column_fallback(args)
+        else
+          super
         end
       end
 
       def xml_column_fallback(*args)
         case @base.adapter_name.downcase
-          when 'sqlite', 'mysql'
-            options = args.extract_options!
-            column(args[0], :text, options)
-          end
+        when 'sqlite', 'mysql'
+          options = args.extract_options!
+          column(args[0], :text, options)
         end
+      end
+
       # Appends a primary key definition to the table definition.
       # Can be called multiple times, but this is probably not a good idea.
       def primary_key(name)