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diff --git a/activerecord_base_without_table/lib/active_record/base_without_table.rb b/activerecord_base_without_table/lib/active_record/base_without_table.rb
index da6cdc8..429d121 100644
--- a/activerecord_base_without_table/lib/active_record/base_without_table.rb
+++ b/activerecord_base_without_table/lib/active_record/base_without_table.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ module ActiveRecord
       errors.empty?
     end
     
+    # Prevent AR from associating to this record by ID; we should be serialized instead.
+    private :quoted_id
+    
     class << self
       def columns()
         @columns ||= []
diff --git a/activerecord_base_without_table/test/active_record_base_without_table_test.rb b/activerecord_base_without_table/test/active_record_base_without_table_test.rb
index 4e36e11..26663ba 100644
--- a/activerecord_base_without_table/test/active_record_base_without_table_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord_base_without_table/test/active_record_base_without_table_test.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ class Person < ActiveRecord::BaseWithoutTable
   validates_presence_of :name
 end
 
+class House < ActiveRecord::BaseWithoutTable
+  column :person, :string
+  serialize :person
+end
+
 class ActiveRecordBaseWithoutTableTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_default_value
     assert_equal 4, Person.new.lucky_number
@@ -38,4 +43,15 @@ class ActiveRecordBaseWithoutTableTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     Person.column :new_column, :string
     cached_variables.each { |v| assert_nil Person.instance_variable_get("@#{v}") }
   end
+
+  def test_serialization
+    h = House.new
+    p = Person.new
+    h.person = p
+
+    assert_instance_of Person, h.person
+    quoted = h.connection.quote h.person, h.column_for_attribute('person')
+    assert_kind_of String, quoted
+    assert_match /---/, quoted
+  end
 end