2 files changed, 31 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb
index b2345fd571..9300df28ee 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     # * <tt>:password</tt> - Defaults to nothing.
     # * <tt>:database</tt> - The name of the database. No default, must be provided.
     # * <tt>:encoding</tt> - (Optional) Sets the client encoding by executing "SET NAMES <encoding>" after connection.
+    # * <tt>:reconnect</tt> - Defaults to false (See MySQL documentation: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/auto-reconnect.html).
     # * <tt>:sslca</tt> - Necessary to use MySQL with an SSL connection.
     # * <tt>:sslkey</tt> - Necessary to use MySQL with an SSL connection.
     # * <tt>:sslcert</tt> - Necessary to use MySQL with an SSL connection.
@@ -563,8 +564,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
       private
         def connect
-          @connection.reconnect = true if @connection.respond_to?(:reconnect=)
-
           encoding = @config[:encoding]
           if encoding
             @connection.options(Mysql::SET_CHARSET_NAME, encoding) rescue nil
@@ -575,6 +574,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
           end
 
           @connection.real_connect(*@connection_options)
+
+          # reconnect must be set after real_connect is called, because real_connect sets it to false internally
+          @connection.reconnect = !!@config[:reconnect] if @connection.respond_to?(:reconnect=)
+
           configure_connection
         end
 
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/connection_test_mysql.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/connection_test_mysql.rb
index 40ddcf5420..f79ee2f1f7 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/connection_test_mysql.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/connection_test_mysql.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,24 @@ require "cases/helper"
 
 class MysqlConnectionTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   def setup
+    super
     @connection = ActiveRecord::Base.connection
   end
 
+  def test_mysql_reconnect_attribute_after_connection_with_reconnect_true
+    run_without_connection do |orig_connection|
+      ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(orig_connection.merge({:reconnect => true}))
+      assert ActiveRecord::Base.connection.raw_connection.reconnect
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_mysql_reconnect_attribute_after_connection_with_reconnect_false
+    run_without_connection do |orig_connection|
+      ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(orig_connection.merge({:reconnect => false}))
+      assert !ActiveRecord::Base.connection.raw_connection.reconnect
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_no_automatic_reconnection_after_timeout
     assert @connection.active?
     @connection.update('set @@wait_timeout=1')
@@ -27,4 +42,15 @@ class MysqlConnectionTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     @connection.verify!
     assert @connection.active?
   end
+
+  private
+
+  def run_without_connection
+    original_connection = ActiveRecord::Base.remove_connection
+    begin
+      yield original_connection
+    ensure
+      ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(original_connection)
+    end
+  end
 end