10 files changed, 111 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/arel/crud.rb b/lib/arel/crud.rb
index 6861ff016c..2bf5f85823 100644
--- a/lib/arel/crud.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/crud.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module Arel
       um = UpdateManager.new @engine
 
       if String === values
+        values = SqlLiteral.new values
         um.table @ctx.froms.last
       else
         um.table values.first.first.relation
diff --git a/lib/arel/nodes.rb b/lib/arel/nodes.rb
index 4d6db39aec..67568b5fd4 100644
--- a/lib/arel/nodes.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/nodes.rb
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@ require 'arel/nodes/insert_statement'
 require 'arel/nodes/update_statement'
 require 'arel/nodes/delete_statement'
 require 'arel/nodes/unqualified_column'
+require 'arel/nodes/table_alias'
+require 'arel/nodes/join'
+require 'arel/nodes/inner_join'
+require 'arel/nodes/outer_join'
+require 'arel/nodes/on'
diff --git a/lib/arel/nodes/inner_join.rb b/lib/arel/nodes/inner_join.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf10eeac18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/arel/nodes/inner_join.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module Arel
+  module Nodes
+    class InnerJoin < Arel::Nodes::Join
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/arel/nodes/join.rb b/lib/arel/nodes/join.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6dede632c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/arel/nodes/join.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module Arel
+  module Nodes
+    class Join
+      attr_accessor :left, :right, :constraint
+
+      def initialize left, right, constraint
+        @left       = left
+        @right      = right
+        @constraint = constraint
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/arel/nodes/on.rb b/lib/arel/nodes/on.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cc76b70db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/arel/nodes/on.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module Arel
+  module Nodes
+    class On
+      attr_accessor :expr
+
+      def initialize expr
+        @expr = expr
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/arel/nodes/outer_join.rb b/lib/arel/nodes/outer_join.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bea5578b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/arel/nodes/outer_join.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module Arel
+  module Nodes
+    class OuterJoin < Arel::Nodes::Join
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/arel/nodes/table_alias.rb b/lib/arel/nodes/table_alias.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f1d70ee54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/arel/nodes/table_alias.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+module Arel
+  module Nodes
+    class TableAlias
+      attr_reader :name, :relation, :columns
+
+      def initialize name, relation
+        @name     = name
+        @relation = relation
+        @columns  = relation.columns.map { |column|
+          column.dup.tap { |col| col.relation = self }
+        }
+      end
+
+      def [] name
+        name = name.to_s
+        columns.find { |column| column.name == name }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/arel/select_manager.rb b/lib/arel/select_manager.rb
index f278465c51..462b0765a5 100644
--- a/lib/arel/select_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/select_manager.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ module Arel
       @ctx    = @head.cores.last
     end
 
+    def on expr
+      @ctx.froms.last.constraint = Nodes::On.new(expr)
+      self
+    end
+
     def from table
       @ctx.froms << table
       self
@@ -31,5 +36,14 @@ module Arel
       @head.limit = limit
       self
     end
+
+    def join_sql
+      viz = Visitors::ToSql.new @engine
+      @ctx.froms.grep(Nodes::Join).map { |x| viz.accept x }.join ', '
+    end
+
+    def joins manager
+      manager.join_sql
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/arel/table.rb b/lib/arel/table.rb
index 2df20e50e8..5a66db0627 100644
--- a/lib/arel/table.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/table.rb
@@ -5,19 +5,30 @@ module Arel
     @engine = nil
     class << self; attr_accessor :engine; end
 
-    attr_reader :name, :engine
+    attr_reader :name, :engine, :aliases
 
     def initialize name, engine = Table.engine
       @name    = name
       @engine  = engine
       @engine  = engine[:engine] if Hash === engine
       @columns = nil
+      @aliases = []
+    end
+
+    def alias
+      Nodes::TableAlias.new("#{name}_2", self).tap do |node|
+        @aliases << node
+      end
     end
 
     def tm
       SelectManager.new(@engine).from(self)
     end
 
+    def join relation
+      SelectManager.new(@engine).from(Nodes::InnerJoin.new(self, relation, nil))
+    end
+
     def where condition
       tm.where condition
     end
diff --git a/lib/arel/visitors/to_sql.rb b/lib/arel/visitors/to_sql.rb
index 0e5998c573..401bdb3255 100644
--- a/lib/arel/visitors/to_sql.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/visitors/to_sql.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module Arel
             }.join ', '})" unless o.columns.empty?),
 
           ("VALUES (#{o.values.map { |value|
-            value ? quote(visit(value)) : 'NULL'
+            value ? visit(value) : 'NULL'
           }.join ', '})" unless o.values.empty?),
 
         ].compact.join ' '
@@ -57,12 +57,28 @@ module Arel
         ].compact.join ' '
       end
 
+      def visit_Arel_Nodes_TableAlias o
+        "#{visit o.relation} #{quote_table_name o.name}"
+      end
+
+      def visit_Arel_Nodes_OuterJoin o
+        "#{visit o.left} OUTER JOIN #{visit o.right} #{visit o.constraint}"
+      end
+
+      def visit_Arel_Nodes_InnerJoin o
+        "#{visit o.left} INNER JOIN #{visit o.right} #{visit o.constraint}"
+      end
+
+      def visit_Arel_Nodes_On o
+        "ON #{visit o.expr}"
+      end
+
       def visit_Arel_Table o
         quote_table_name o.name
       end
 
       def visit_Arel_Nodes_In o
-        "#{visit o.left} IN (#{o.right.map { |x| quote visit x }.join ', '})"
+        "#{visit o.left} IN (#{o.right.map { |x| visit x }.join ', '})"
       end
 
       def visit_Arel_Nodes_Or o
@@ -71,7 +87,7 @@ module Arel
 
       def visit_Arel_Nodes_Equality o
         right = o.right
-        right = right ? quote(visit(right)) : 'NULL'
+        right = right ? visit(right) : 'NULL'
         "#{visit o.left} = #{right}"
       end
 
@@ -87,12 +103,13 @@ module Arel
       alias :visit_Arel_Attributes_Time :visit_Arel_Attributes_Attribute
 
       def visit_Fixnum o; o end
-      alias :visit_Time :visit_Fixnum
-      alias :visit_String :visit_Fixnum
-      alias :visit_TrueClass :visit_Fixnum
       alias :visit_Arel_Nodes_SqlLiteral :visit_Fixnum
       alias :visit_Arel_SqlLiteral :visit_Fixnum # This is deprecated
 
+      def visit_TrueClass o; quote(o) end
+      def visit_String o; quote(o) end
+      def visit_Time o; quote(o) end
+
       DISPATCH = {}
       def visit object
         send "visit_#{object.class.name.gsub('::', '_')}", object