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ActiveRecord should raise an exception sometimes

#5686

I'm filing this so I don't forget. When you set a hash value as a model attribute, AR silently stores the value in the to_s form. When you reload the object, you get a string rather than a hash. This is unexpected:

t = Topic.new
t.title = { 'a' => 'b' }
t.title # => { 'a' => 'b' }
t.save
t.reload
t.title # => 'ab'

Reported by Aaron Patterson · September 22nd, 2010 @ 10:48 PM

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Neeraj Singh
Assuming that title is defined as string and is not declared as serialize.

Is the fix going to be serialize the value behind the scene and then desearialize?

November 18th, 2010 @ 03:52 AM
2kan
+1 for serialize/deserialize

November 23rd, 2010 @ 11:45 AM
Aaron Patterson
The fix should be to raise an exception unless you've declared the attribute as serialized.

November 24th, 2010 @ 12:02 AM
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- State changed from new to open
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February 25th, 2011 @ 12:00 AM
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- State changed from open to stale
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