quote

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/quoting.rb, line 6
      def quote(value, column = nil)
        case value
          when String
            if column && column.type == :binary
              "'#{quote_string(column.class.string_to_binary(value))}'" # ' (for ruby-mode)
            elsif column && [:integer, :float].include?(column.type) 
              value.to_s
            else
              "'#{quote_string(value)}'" # ' (for ruby-mode)
            end
          when NilClass              then "NULL"
          when TrueClass             then (column && column.type == :integer ? '1' : quoted_true)
          when FalseClass            then (column && column.type == :integer ? '0' : quoted_false)
          when Float, Fixnum, Bignum then value.to_s
          when Date                  then "'#{value.to_s}'"
          when Time, DateTime        then "'#{quoted_date(value)}'"
          else                            "'#{quote_string(value.to_yaml)}'"
        end
      end