Index: lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite_adapter.rb
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--- lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite_adapter.rb	(revision 9273)
+++ lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite_adapter.rb	(revision 9274)
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 
       def columns(table_name, name = nil) #:nodoc:
         table_structure(table_name).map do |field|
-          SQLiteColumn.new(field['name'], field['dflt_value'], field['type'], field['notnull'] == "0")
+          SQLiteColumn.new(field['name'], default_value(field['dflt_value']), field['type'], field['notnull'] == "0")
         end
       end
 
@@ -353,6 +353,10 @@
             raise
           end
         end
+
+        def default_value(value)
+          value
+        end
     end
     
     class SQLite3Adapter < SQLiteAdapter # :nodoc:
@@ -361,6 +365,19 @@
           raise ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid if structure.empty?
         end
       end
+
+      protected
+        def default_value(value)
+          # String values
+          return $1 if value =~ /^'(.*)'/
+
+          # Numeric values
+          return value if value =~ /^-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?/
+
+          # Anything else is blank, some user type, or some function
+          # and we can't know the value of that, so return nil.
+          return nil
+        end
     end
 
     class SQLite2Adapter < SQLiteAdapter # :nodoc: