gistfile1.rb

# monkey patch resolver to properly decode URI encoded attributes
class ActiveRecord::Base::ConnectionSpecification
  class Resolver
    private
    def connection_url_to_hash(url)
      config = URI.parse url
      adapter = config.scheme
      adapter = "postgresql" if adapter == "postgres"
      spec = { :adapter  => adapter,
               :username => config.user,
               :password => config.password,
               :port     => config.port,
               :database => config.path.sub(%r{^/},""),
               :host     => config.host }
      spec.reject!{ |_,value| !value }

      # decode any encoded params
      spec.each { |k,v| spec[k] = URI.decode(v) if v.is_a?(String) }

      if config.query
        arr = config.query.split("&").map{ |pair| pair.split("=") }
        options = Hash[arr].symbolize_keys
        spec.merge!(options)
      end
      spec
    end

  end # Resolver
end # ConnectionSpecification