1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb
index a52d7f4fb0..4eea7e5434 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ module ActiveRecord
           @last_verification = now
         end
       end
+      
+      # Provides access to the underlying database connection. Useful for
+      # when you need to call a proprietary method such as postgresql's lo_*
+      # methods
+      def raw_connection
+        @connection
+      end
 
       protected
         def log(sql, name)