2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/spec/arel/engines/sql/unit/predicates/equality_spec.rb b/spec/arel/engines/sql/unit/predicates/equality_spec.rb
index 3588604062..c4dd2c0c31 100644
--- a/spec/arel/engines/sql/unit/predicates/equality_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/arel/engines/sql/unit/predicates/equality_spec.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,21 @@ module Arel
           end
         end
       end
+
+      describe "when relating to a nil Value" do
+        it "manufactures an IS NULL predicate" do
+          value = nil.bind(@relation1)
+          sql = Equality.new(@attribute1, value).to_sql
+
+          adapter_is :mysql do
+            sql.should be_like(%Q{`users`.`id` IS NULL})
+          end
+
+          adapter_is_not :mysql do
+            sql.should be_like(%Q{"users"."id" IS NULL})
+          end
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/connections/mysql_connection.rb b/spec/connections/mysql_connection.rb
index dbece8646f..66a53b5037 100644
--- a/spec/connections/mysql_connection.rb
+++ b/spec/connections/mysql_connection.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new("debug.log")
 ActiveRecord::Base.configurations = {
   'unit' => {
     :adapter  => 'mysql',
-    :username => 'rails',
+    :username => 'root',
     :encoding => 'utf8',
     :database => 'arel_unit',
   }