diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/schema.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/schema.rb
index 5758ac95026e10e6d5741bd21d524a455b2b25fd..3fd37a9bb6fdfb7864ff83a22ad82f6e0d3fd1a3 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/schema.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/schema.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module ActiveResource # :nodoc:
   class Schema # :nodoc:
     # attributes can be known to be one of these types. They are easy to
     # cast to/from.
-    KNOWN_ATTRIBUTE_TYPES = %w( string integer float )
+    KNOWN_ATTRIBUTE_TYPES = %w( string text integer float decimal datetime timestamp time date binary boolean )
 
     # An array of attribute definitions, representing the attributes that
     # have been defined.
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ def attribute(name, type, options = {})
 
     # The following are the attribute types supported by Active Resource
     # migrations.
-    # TODO:  We should eventually support all of these:
-    # %w( string text integer float decimal datetime timestamp time date binary boolean ).each do |attr_type|
     KNOWN_ATTRIBUTE_TYPES.each do |attr_type|
       class_eval <<-EOV, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
         def #{attr_type.to_s}(*args)
diff --git a/activeresource/test/cases/base/schema_test.rb b/activeresource/test/cases/base/schema_test.rb
index 136c827926c2ba8665e3e72dcefd8e3708b8ec32..c27af9422ec8082346aee4805e8ea6030b8048c9 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/cases/base/schema_test.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/cases/base/schema_test.rb
@@ -78,14 +78,23 @@ def teardown
   end
 
   test "schema should accept a simple hash" do
-    new_schema = {'age' => 'integer', 'name' => 'string'}
+    new_schema = {'age' => 'integer', 'name' => 'string',
+      'height' => 'float', 'bio' => 'text',
+      'weight' => 'decimal', 'photo' => 'binary',
+      'alive' => 'boolean', 'created_at' => 'timestamp',
+      'thetime' => 'time', 'thedate' => 'date', 'mydatetime' => 'datetime'}
+
 
     assert_nothing_raised { Person.schema = new_schema }
     assert_equal new_schema, Person.schema
   end
 
   test "schema should accept a hash with simple values" do
-    new_schema = {'age' => 'integer', 'name' => 'string', 'height' => 'float', 'mydatetime' => 'string'}
+    new_schema = {'age' => 'integer', 'name' => 'string',
+      'height' => 'float', 'bio' => 'text',
+      'weight' => 'decimal', 'photo' => 'binary',
+      'alive' => 'boolean', 'created_at' => 'timestamp',
+      'thetime' => 'time', 'thedate' => 'date', 'mydatetime' => 'datetime'}
 
     assert_nothing_raised { Person.schema = new_schema }
     assert_equal new_schema, Person.schema
@@ -109,7 +118,12 @@ def teardown
   end
 
   test "schema should accept nil and remove the schema" do
-    new_schema = {'age' => 'integer', 'name' => 'string'}
+    new_schema = {'age' => 'integer', 'name' => 'string',
+      'height' => 'float', 'bio' => 'text',
+      'weight' => 'decimal', 'photo' => 'binary',
+      'alive' => 'boolean', 'created_at' => 'timestamp',
+      'thetime' => 'time', 'thedate' => 'date', 'mydatetime' => 'datetime'}
+
     assert_nothing_raised { Person.schema = new_schema }
     assert_equal new_schema, Person.schema # sanity check
 
@@ -120,7 +134,12 @@ def teardown
 
 
   test "schema should be with indifferent access" do
-    new_schema = {:age => :integer, 'name' => 'string'}
+    new_schema = {'age' => 'integer', 'name' => 'string',
+      'height' => 'float', 'bio' => 'text',
+      'weight' => 'decimal', 'photo' => 'binary',
+      'alive' => 'boolean', 'created_at' => 'timestamp',
+      'thetime' => 'time', 'thedate' => 'date', 'mydatetime' => 'datetime'}
+
     new_schema_syms = new_schema.keys
 
     assert_nothing_raised { Person.schema = new_schema }
@@ -156,7 +175,12 @@ def teardown
 
   test "defining a schema should return it when asked" do
     assert Person.schema.blank?, "should have a blank class schema"
-    new_schema = {'name' => 'string', 'age' => 'integer', 'height' => 'float', 'weight' => 'float'}
+    new_schema = {'age' => 'integer', 'name' => 'string',
+      'height' => 'float', 'bio' => 'text',
+      'weight' => 'decimal', 'photo' => 'binary',
+      'alive' => 'boolean', 'created_at' => 'timestamp',
+      'thetime' => 'time', 'thedate' => 'date', 'mydatetime' => 'datetime'}
+
     assert_nothing_raised {
       Person.schema = new_schema
       assert_equal new_schema, Person.schema, "should have saved the schema on the class"
@@ -167,7 +191,11 @@ def teardown
   test "defining a schema, then fetching a model should still match the defined schema" do
     # sanity checks
     assert Person.schema.blank?, "should have a blank class schema"
-    new_schema = {'name' => 'string', 'age' => 'integer', 'height' => 'float', 'weight' => 'float'}
+    new_schema = {'age' => 'integer', 'name' => 'string',
+      'height' => 'float', 'bio' => 'text',
+      'weight' => 'decimal', 'photo' => 'binary',
+      'alive' => 'boolean', 'created_at' => 'timestamp',
+      'thetime' => 'time', 'thedate' => 'date', 'mydatetime' => 'datetime'}
 
     matz = Person.find(1)
     assert !matz.schema.blank?, "should have some sort of schema on an instance variable"
@@ -368,12 +396,16 @@ def teardown
   end
 
   test "setting schema should set known attributes on class and instance" do
-    new_schema = {'age' => 'integer', 'name' => 'string'}
+    new_schema = {'age' => 'integer', 'name' => 'string',
+      'height' => 'float', 'bio' => 'text',
+      'weight' => 'decimal', 'photo' => 'binary',
+      'alive' => 'boolean', 'created_at' => 'timestamp',
+      'thetime' => 'time', 'thedate' => 'date', 'mydatetime' => 'datetime'}
 
     assert_nothing_raised { Person.schema = new_schema }
 
-    assert_equal new_schema.keys, Person.known_attributes
-    assert_equal new_schema.keys, Person.new.known_attributes
+    assert_equal new_schema.keys.sort, Person.known_attributes.sort
+    assert_equal new_schema.keys.sort, Person.new.known_attributes.sort
   end
 
   test "known attributes on a fetched resource should return all the attributes of the instance" do
@@ -401,7 +433,11 @@ def teardown
 
   test "setting schema then fetching should add schema attributes to the intance attributes" do
     # an attribute in common with fetched instance and one that isn't
-    new_schema = {'name' => 'string', 'my_strange_attribute' => 'string'}
+    new_schema = {'age' => 'integer', 'name' => 'string',
+      'height' => 'float', 'bio' => 'text',
+      'weight' => 'decimal', 'photo' => 'binary',
+      'alive' => 'boolean', 'created_at' => 'timestamp',
+      'thetime' => 'time', 'thedate' => 'date', 'mydatetime' => 'datetime'}
 
     assert_nothing_raised { Person.schema = new_schema }