3 files changed, 18 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/spec/arel/unit/relations/alias_spec.rb b/spec/arel/unit/relations/alias_spec.rb
index 420a91c806..25dbf70668 100644
--- a/spec/arel/unit/relations/alias_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/arel/unit/relations/alias_spec.rb
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ module Arel
   describe Alias do
     before do
       @relation = Table.new(:users)
-      @alias_relation = Alias.new(@relation, :foo)
     end
     
-    describe '#alias' do
+    describe '==' do
       it "returns the alias" do
-        @alias_relation.alias.should == :foo
+        Alias.new(@relation).should_not == Alias.new(@relation)
+        (aliaz = Alias.new(@relation)).should == aliaz
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/arel/unit/relations/join_spec.rb b/spec/arel/unit/relations/join_spec.rb
index b14d951aae..c3f33e1ae7 100644
--- a/spec/arel/unit/relations/join_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/arel/unit/relations/join_spec.rb
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ module Arel
     
     describe 'when joining a relation to itself' do
       before do
-        @aliased_relation = @relation1.as(:alias)
+        @aliased_relation = @relation1.alias
         @predicate = @relation1[:id].eq(@aliased_relation[:id])
       end      
       
@@ -145,6 +145,13 @@ module Arel
       
       describe 'when joining the same relation to itself' do
         describe '#to_sql' do
+          it '' do
+            @relation1 \
+              .join(@relation1.alias.join(@relation1.alias).on(@relation1[:id].eq(1))) \
+                .on(@relation1[:id].eq(1)) \
+            .to_sql.should be_like("")
+          end
+          
           it 'aliases the table and attributes properly in the join predicate and the where clause' do
             @relation1.join(@aliased_relation).on(@relation1[:id].eq(@aliased_relation[:id])).to_sql.should be_like("
               SELECT `users`.`id`, `users`.`name`, `users_2`.`id`, `users_2`.`name`
@@ -173,7 +180,7 @@ module Arel
           SELECT `users`.`id`, `users`.`name`
           FROM `users`
             INNER JOIN asdf ON fdsa
-        ")        
+        ")
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/arel/unit/relations/relation_spec.rb b/spec/arel/unit/relations/relation_spec.rb
index d6874a1554..3b8be55c7d 100644
--- a/spec/arel/unit/relations/relation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/arel/unit/relations/relation_spec.rb
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ module Arel
           @relation.should_not be_aggregation
         end
       end
-
-      describe '#alias?' do
-        it "returns false" do
-          @relation.should_not be_alias
-        end
-      end
     end
     
     describe Relation::Operations do
@@ -86,31 +80,25 @@ module Arel
         end
       end
 
-      describe '#as' do
+      describe '#alias' do
         it "manufactures an alias relation" do
-          @relation.as(:paul).should == Alias.new(@relation, :paul)
-        end
-        
-        describe 'when given a blank alias' do
-          it 'returns self' do
-            @relation.as.should == @relation
-          end
+          @relation.alias.relation.should == Alias.new(@relation).relation
         end
       end
-  
+
       describe '#select' do
         before do
           @predicate = Equality.new(@attribute1, @attribute2)
         end
-    
+
         it "manufactures a selection relation" do
           @relation.select(@predicate).should == Selection.new(@relation, @predicate)
         end
-    
+
         it "accepts arbitrary strings" do
           @relation.select("arbitrary").should == Selection.new(@relation, "arbitrary")
         end
-        
+
         describe 'when given a blank predicate' do
           it 'returns self' do
             @relation.select.should == @relation