1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb
index 204ebaa2e2..14c76ac455 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb
@@ -280,6 +280,16 @@ module ActiveRecord
         @connection.close rescue nil
       end
 
+      def reset!
+        if @connection.respond_to?(:change_user)
+          # See http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=33540 -- the workaround way to
+          # reset the connection is to change the user to the same user.
+          @connection.change_user(@config[:username], @config[:password], @config[:database])
+          configure_connection
+        else
+          super
+        end
+      end
 
       # DATABASE STATEMENTS ======================================
 
@@ -529,7 +539,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
           end
 
           @connection.real_connect(*@connection_options)
+          configure_connection
+        end
 
+        def configure_connection
+          encoding = @config[:encoding]
           execute("SET NAMES '#{encoding}'") if encoding
 
           # By default, MySQL 'where id is null' selects the last inserted id.