1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/cast.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/cast.rb
index 3a3b500b1f..551a9289c3 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/cast.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/cast.rb
@@ -142,12 +142,16 @@ module ActiveRecord
             end
           end
 
+          ARRAY_ESCAPE = "\\" * 2 * 2 # escape the backslash twice for PG arrays
+
           def quote_and_escape(value)
             case value
             when "NULL", Numeric
               value
             else
-              "\"#{value.gsub(/"/,"\\\"")}\""
+              value = value.gsub(/\\/, ARRAY_ESCAPE)
+              value.gsub!(/"/,"\\\"")
+              "\"#{value}\""
             end
           end