1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb
index d933bc924d..f295af16f0 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
   module ConnectionAdapters #:nodoc:
     class SQLite3Adapter < SQLiteAdapter # :nodoc:
+      
+      # Returns the current database encoding format as a string, eg: 'UTF-8'
+      def encoding
+        if @connection.respond_to?(:encoding)
+          @connection.encoding[0]['encoding']
+        else
+          encoding = @connection.send(:get_query_pragma, 'encoding')
+          encoding[0]['encoding']
+        end
+      end
+
     end
   end
 end