5 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
index 4daeb6a302..3f4d77979b 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 *Edge*
 
+* Add Model.from and association_collection#from finder methods [Pratik Naik]
+
+  user = User.scoped
+  user.select('*').from('users, items')
+
 * Add relation.destroy_all [Pratik Naik]
 
   old_items = Item.where("age > 100")
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb
index ac970f02b1..d2c61cdc78 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_collection.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
         construct_sql
       end
 
-      delegate :group, :order, :limit, :joins, :where, :preload, :eager_load, :to => :scoped
+      delegate :group, :order, :limit, :joins, :where, :preload, :eager_load, :from, :to => :scoped
 
       def select(select = nil, &block)
         if block_given?
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index bbc5bd77c5..3b880ce17f 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
         end
       end
 
-      delegate :select, :group, :order, :limit, :joins, :where, :preload, :eager_load, :to => :scoped
+      delegate :select, :group, :order, :limit, :joins, :where, :preload, :eager_load, :from, :to => :scoped
 
       # A convenience wrapper for <tt>find(:first, *args)</tt>. You can pass in all the
       # same arguments to this method as you can to <tt>find(:first)</tt>.
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/eager_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/eager_test.rb
index d5a4d9007b..7fa5557b96 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/eager_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/eager_test.rb
@@ -61,14 +61,7 @@ class EagerAssociationTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_with_two_tables_in_from_without_getting_double_quoted
-    posts = Post.find(:all,
-      :select     => "posts.*",
-      :from       => "authors, posts",
-      :include    => :comments,
-      :conditions => "posts.author_id = authors.id",
-      :order      => "posts.id"
-    )
-
+    posts = Post.select("posts.*").from("authors, posts").eager_load(:comments).where("posts.author_id = authors.id").order("posts.id").to_a
     assert_equal 2, posts.first.comments.size
   end
 
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/finder_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/finder_test.rb
index c531a2dec1..87a9630978 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/finder_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/finder_test.rb
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ class FinderTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     all_topics = Topic.find(:all)
 
     Topic.with_scope(:find => { :from => 'fake_topics' }) do
-      assert_equal all_topics, Topic.all(:from => 'topics').to_a
+      assert_equal all_topics, Topic.from('topics').to_a
     end
   end