2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/quoting.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/quoting.rb
index 1e0c5fe902..a3928b4504 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/quoting.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/quoting.rb
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
           value = value.to_s
           return "'#{quote_string(value)}'" unless column
 
-          if column.type == :binary && column.class.respond_to?(:string_to_binary)
-            "'#{quote_string(column.class.string_to_binary(value))}'" # ' (for ruby-mode)
+          if column.type == :binary
+            "'#{quote_string(column.string_to_binary(value))}'" # ' (for ruby-mode)
           elsif [:integer, :float].include?(column.type)
             (column.type == :integer ? value.to_i : value.to_f).to_s
           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 6480aeb171..60ccf9edf3 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_definitions.rb
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
         type_cast(default)
       end
 
+      # Used to convert from Strings to BLOBs
+      def string_to_binary(value)
+        self.class.string_to_binary(value)
+      end
+
       class << self
         # Used to convert from Strings to BLOBs
         def string_to_binary(value)
@@ -268,6 +273,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
     # for generating a number of table creation or table changing SQL statements.
     class ColumnDefinition < Struct.new(:base, :name, :type, :limit, :precision, :scale, :default, :null) #:nodoc:
 
+      def string_to_binary(value)
+        value
+      end
+
       def sql_type
         base.type_to_sql(type.to_sym, limit, precision, scale) rescue type
       end