2 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/rails/param_name.rb b/lib/puppet/rails/param_name.rb
index 1f633638e..d704693c4 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/rails/param_name.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/rails/param_name.rb
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ class Puppet::Rails::ParamName < ActiveRecord::Base
         hash[:value] = resource.param_values.find(:all, :conditions => [ "param_name_id = ?", self]).collect { |v| v.value }
         if hash[:value].length == 1
             hash[:value] = hash[:value].shift
-        end
-        if hash[:value].empty?
+        elsif hash[:value].empty?
             hash[:value] = nil
         end
         Puppet::Parser::Resource::Param.new hash
diff --git a/lib/puppet/rails/param_value.rb b/lib/puppet/rails/param_value.rb
index f463608a6..a176413eb 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/rails/param_value.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/rails/param_value.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
 class Puppet::Rails::ParamValue < ActiveRecord::Base
     belongs_to :param_name
     belongs_to :resource
+
+    def value
+        val = self[:value]
+        if val =~ /^--- \!/
+            YAML.load(val)
+        else
+            val
+        end
+    end
+
+    # I could not find a cleaner way to handle making sure that resource references
+    # were consistently serialized and deserialized.
+    def value=(val)
+        if val.is_a?(Puppet::Parser::Resource::Reference)
+            self[:value] = YAML.dump(val)
+        else
+            self[:value] = val
+        end
+    end
 end
 
 # $Id$