5 files changed, 25 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake b/activerecord/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake
index 539836e9ed..d513dca1f5 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake
@@ -143,20 +143,7 @@ db_namespace = namespace :db do
 
   # desc "Retrieves the charset for the current environment's database"
   task :charset => [:environment, :load_config] do
-    config = ActiveRecord::Base.configurations[Rails.env || 'development']
-    case config['adapter']
-    when /mysql/
-      ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(config)
-      puts ActiveRecord::Base.connection.charset
-    when /postgresql/
-      ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(config)
-      puts ActiveRecord::Base.connection.encoding
-    when /sqlite/
-      ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(config)
-      puts ActiveRecord::Base.connection.encoding
-    else
-      $stderr.puts 'sorry, your database adapter is not supported yet, feel free to submit a patch'
-    end
+    puts ActiveRecord::Tasks::DatabaseTasks.charset_current
   end
 
   # desc "Retrieves the collation for the current environment's database"
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb
index 24fe4134e0..5101871cc0 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ module ActiveRecord
         }
       end
 
+      def charset_current(environment = Rails.env)
+        charset ActiveRecord::Base.configurations[environment]
+      end
+
+      def charset(*arguments)
+        configuration = arguments.first
+        class_for_adapter(configuration['adapter']).new(*arguments).charset
+      end
+
       def purge(configuration)
         class_for_adapter(configuration['adapter']).new(configuration).purge
       end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/mysql_database_tasks.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/mysql_database_tasks.rb
index 646034f313..361437fdc7 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/mysql_database_tasks.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/mysql_database_tasks.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
         connection.recreate_database configuration['database'], creation_options
       end
 
+      def charset
+        connection.charset
+      end
+
       private
 
       def configuration
@@ -90,4 +94,4 @@ IDENTIFIED BY '#{configuration['password']}' WITH GRANT OPTION;
       end
     end
   end
-end
-\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/postgresql_database_tasks.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/postgresql_database_tasks.rb
index ddc5b9fc5c..8d4249fd79 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/postgresql_database_tasks.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/postgresql_database_tasks.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
         connection.drop_database configuration['database']
       end
 
+      def charset
+        connection.encoding
+      end
+
       def purge
         clear_active_connections!
         drop
@@ -47,4 +51,4 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
     end
   end
-end
-\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/sqlite_database_tasks.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/sqlite_database_tasks.rb
index 85f4c12829..d9332eaf1b 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/sqlite_database_tasks.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/sqlite_database_tasks.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
       alias :purge :drop
 
+      def charset
+        connection.encoding
+      end
+
       private
 
       def configuration
@@ -38,4 +42,4 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
     end
   end
-end
-\ No newline at end of file
+end