diff --git a/framework/yii/db/ActiveRecord.php b/framework/yii/db/ActiveRecord.php
index 5aa9807..9215550 100644
--- a/framework/yii/db/ActiveRecord.php
+++ b/framework/yii/db/ActiveRecord.php
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class ActiveRecord extends Model
 	 */
 	public static function tableName()
 	{
-		return 'tbl_' . Inflector::camel2id(StringHelper::basename(get_called_class()), '_');
+		return static::getTableSchema()->name;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/framework/yii/db/redis/ActiveQuery.php b/framework/yii/db/redis/ActiveQuery.php
index 1fbde46..1d44d97 100644
--- a/framework/yii/db/redis/ActiveQuery.php
+++ b/framework/yii/db/redis/ActiveQuery.php
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class ActiveQuery extends \yii\base\Component
 		}
 		$rows = array();
 		foreach($primaryKeys as $pk) {
-			$key = $modelClass::tableName() . ':a:' . (is_array($pk) ? implode('-', $pk) : $pk); // TODO escape PK glue
+			$key = $modelClass::tableName() . ':a:' . $modelClass::hashPk($pk);
 			// get attributes
 			$data = $db->executeCommand('HGETALL', array($key));
 			$row = array();
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class ActiveQuery extends \yii\base\Component
 			$primaryKeys = $db->executeCommand('LRANGE', array($modelClass::tableName(), $start, $start + 1));
 		}
 		$pk = reset($primaryKeys);
-		$key = $modelClass::tableName() . ':a:' . (is_array($pk) ? implode('-', $pk) : $pk); // TODO escape PK glue
+		$key = $modelClass::tableName() . ':a:' . $modelClass::hashPk($pk);
 		// get attributes
 		$data = $db->executeCommand('HGETALL', array($key));
 		if ($data === array()) {
diff --git a/framework/yii/db/redis/ActiveRecord.php b/framework/yii/db/redis/ActiveRecord.php
index 31e8171..b043e21 100644
--- a/framework/yii/db/redis/ActiveRecord.php
+++ b/framework/yii/db/redis/ActiveRecord.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use yii\db\TableSchema;
 /**
  * ActiveRecord is the base class for classes representing relational data in terms of objects.
  *
- * @include @yii/db/ActiveRecord.md
+ *
  *
  * @author Carsten Brandt <mail@cebe.cc>
  * @since 2.0
@@ -68,31 +68,19 @@ abstract class ActiveRecord extends \yii\db\ActiveRecord
 		return $query;
 	}
 
+	public static function hashPk($pk)
+	{
+		return (is_array($pk) ? implode('-', $pk) : $pk); // TODO escape PK glue
+	}
+
 	/**
-	 * Creates an [[ActiveQuery]] instance with a given SQL statement.
-	 *
-	 * Note that because the SQL statement is already specified, calling additional
-	 * query modification methods (such as `where()`, `order()`) on the created [[ActiveQuery]]
-	 * instance will have no effect. However, calling `with()`, `asArray()` or `indexBy()` is
-	 * still fine.
-	 *
-	 * Below is an example:
-	 *
-	 * ~~~
-	 * $customers = Customer::findBySql('SELECT * FROM tbl_customer')->all();
-	 * ~~~
-	 *
-	 * @param string $sql the SQL statement to be executed
-	 * @param array $params parameters to be bound to the SQL statement during execution.
-	 * @return ActiveQuery the newly created [[ActiveQuery]] instance
+	 * @inheritdoc
 	 */
 	public static function findBySql($sql, $params = array())
 	{
 		throw new NotSupportedException('findBySql() is not supported by redis ActiveRecord');
 	}
 
-
-
 	/**
 	 * Creates an [[ActiveQuery]] instance.
 	 * This method is called by [[find()]], [[findBySql()]] and [[count()]] to start a SELECT query.
@@ -107,6 +95,14 @@ abstract class ActiveRecord extends \yii\db\ActiveRecord
 		));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Declares the name of the database table associated with this AR class.
+	 * @return string the table name
+	 */
+	public static function tableName()
+	{
+		return static::getTableSchema()->name;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns the schema information of the DB table associated with this AR class.
@@ -114,6 +110,7 @@ abstract class ActiveRecord extends \yii\db\ActiveRecord
 	 */
 	public static function getTableSchema()
 	{
+		// TODO should be cached
 		throw new InvalidConfigException(__CLASS__.'::getTableSchema() needs to be overridden in subclasses and return a TableSchema.');
 	}
 
@@ -173,9 +170,9 @@ abstract class ActiveRecord extends \yii\db\ActiveRecord
 				}
 //			}
 			// save pk in a findall pool
-			$db->executeCommand('RPUSH', array(static::tableName(), implode('-', $pk))); // TODO escape PK glue
+			$db->executeCommand('RPUSH', array(static::tableName(), static::hashPk($pk)));
 
-			$key = static::tableName() . ':a:' . implode('-', $pk); // TODO escape PK glue
+			$key = static::tableName() . ':a:' . static::hashPk($pk);
 			// save attributes
 			$args = array($key);
 			foreach($values as $attribute => $value) {
@@ -216,7 +213,7 @@ abstract class ActiveRecord extends \yii\db\ActiveRecord
 		}
 		$n=0;
 		foreach($condition as $pk) {
-			$key = static::tableName() . ':a:' . (is_array($pk) ? implode('-', $pk) : $pk); // TODO escape PK glue
+			$key = static::tableName() . ':a:' . static::hashPk($pk);
 			// save attributes
 			$args = array($key);
 			foreach($attributes as $attribute => $value) {
@@ -257,7 +254,7 @@ abstract class ActiveRecord extends \yii\db\ActiveRecord
 		}
 		$n=0;
 		foreach($condition as $pk) { // TODO allow multiple pks as condition
-			$key = static::tableName() . ':a:' . (is_array($pk) ? implode('-', $pk) : $pk); // TODO escape PK glue
+			$key = static::tableName() . ':a:' . static::hashPk($pk);
 			foreach($counters as $attribute => $value) {
 				$db->executeCommand('HINCRBY', array($key, $attribute, $value));
 			}
@@ -292,13 +289,11 @@ abstract class ActiveRecord extends \yii\db\ActiveRecord
 		}
 		$attributeKeys = array();
 		foreach($condition as $pk) {
-			if (is_array($pk)) {
-				$pk = implode('-', $pk);
-			}
-			$db->executeCommand('LREM', array(static::tableName(), 0, $pk)); // TODO escape PK glue
-			$attributeKeys[] = static::tableName() . ':a:' . $pk; // TODO escape PK glue
+			$pk = static::hashPk($pk);
+			$db->executeCommand('LREM', array(static::tableName(), 0, $pk));
+			$attributeKeys[] = static::tableName() . ':a:' . $pk;
 		}
-		return $db->executeCommand('DEL', $attributeKeys);
+		return $db->executeCommand('DEL', $attributeKeys);// TODO make this atomic or document as NOT
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/framework/yii/db/redis/Connection.php b/framework/yii/db/redis/Connection.php
index b99c52b..46db575 100644
--- a/framework/yii/db/redis/Connection.php
+++ b/framework/yii/db/redis/Connection.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ namespace yii\db\redis;
 use \yii\base\Component;
 use yii\base\InvalidConfigException;
 use \yii\db\Exception;
+use yii\helpers\Inflector;
 use yii\helpers\StringHelper;
 
 /**
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ class Connection extends Component
 	 */
 	public function __call($name, $params)
 	{
-		$redisCommand = strtoupper(StringHelper::camel2words($name, false));
+		$redisCommand = strtoupper(Inflector::camel2words($name, false));
 		if (in_array($redisCommand, $this->redisCommands)) {
 			return $this->executeCommand($name, $params);
 		} else {
diff --git a/framework/yii/db/redis/RecordSchema.php b/framework/yii/db/redis/RecordSchema.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bc219d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/yii/db/redis/RecordSchema.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * 
+ * 
+ * @author Carsten Brandt <mail@cebe.cc>
+ */
+
+namespace yii\db\redis;
+
+
+use yii\base\InvalidConfigException;
+use yii\db\TableSchema;
+
+/**
+ * Class RecordSchema defines the data schema for a redis active record
+ *
+ * As there is no schema in a redis DB this class is used to define one.
+ *
+ * @package yii\db\redis
+ */
+class RecordSchema extends TableSchema
+{
+	/**
+	 * @var string[] column names.
+	 */
+	public $columns = array();
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string the column type
+	 */
+	public function getColumn($name)
+	{
+		parent::getColumn($name);
+	}
+
+	public function init()
+	{
+		if (empty($this->name)) {
+			throw new InvalidConfigException('name of RecordSchema must not be empty.');
+		}
+		if (empty($this->primaryKey)) {
+			throw new InvalidConfigException('primaryKey of RecordSchema must not be empty.');
+		}
+		if (!is_array($this->primaryKey)) {
+			$this->primaryKey = array($this->primaryKey);
+		}
+		foreach($this->primaryKey as $pk) {
+			if (!isset($this->columns[$pk])) {
+				throw new InvalidConfigException('primaryKey '.$pk.' is not a colum of RecordSchema.');
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/unit/data/ar/redis/Customer.php b/tests/unit/data/ar/redis/Customer.php
index 9e7ea62..91a75ff 100644
--- a/tests/unit/data/ar/redis/Customer.php
+++ b/tests/unit/data/ar/redis/Customer.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace yiiunit\data\ar\redis;
 
-use yii\db\TableSchema;
+use yii\db\redis\RecordSchema;
 
 class Customer extends ActiveRecord
 {
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ class Customer extends ActiveRecord
 
 	public static function getTableSchema()
 	{
-		return new TableSchema(array(
+		return new RecordSchema(array(
+			'name' => 'customer',
 			'primaryKey' => array('id'),
 			'columns' => array(
 				'id' => 'integer',
diff --git a/tests/unit/data/ar/redis/Item.php b/tests/unit/data/ar/redis/Item.php
index 6dbaa2f..55d1420 100644
--- a/tests/unit/data/ar/redis/Item.php
+++ b/tests/unit/data/ar/redis/Item.php
@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@
 
 namespace yiiunit\data\ar\redis;
 
-use yii\db\TableSchema;
+use yii\db\redis\RecordSchema;
 
 class Item extends ActiveRecord
 {
-	public static function tableName()
-	{
-		return 'tbl_item';
-	}
-
 	public static function getTableSchema()
 	{
-		return new TableSchema(array(
+		return new RecordSchema(array(
+			'name' => 'item',
 			'primaryKey' => array('id'),
+			'sequenceName' => 'id',
+			'foreignKeys' => array(
+				// TODO for defining relations
+			),
 			'columns' => array(
 				'id' => 'integer',
 				'name' => 'string',
diff --git a/tests/unit/data/ar/redis/Order.php b/tests/unit/data/ar/redis/Order.php
index d97a3af..8ccb12e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/data/ar/redis/Order.php
+++ b/tests/unit/data/ar/redis/Order.php
@@ -2,15 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace yiiunit\data\ar\redis;
 
-use yii\db\TableSchema;
+use yii\db\redis\RecordSchema;
 
 class Order extends ActiveRecord
 {
-	public static function tableName()
-	{
-		return 'tbl_order';
-	}
-
 	public function getCustomer()
 	{
 		return $this->hasOne('Customer', array('id' => 'customer_id'));
@@ -49,7 +44,8 @@ class Order extends ActiveRecord
 
 	public static function getTableSchema()
 	{
-		return new TableSchema(array(
+		return new RecordSchema(array(
+			'name' => 'orders',
 			'primaryKey' => array('id'),
 			'columns' => array(
 				'id' => 'integer',
diff --git a/tests/unit/data/ar/redis/OrderItem.php b/tests/unit/data/ar/redis/OrderItem.php
index 257b9b0..f0719b9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/data/ar/redis/OrderItem.php
+++ b/tests/unit/data/ar/redis/OrderItem.php
@@ -2,15 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace yiiunit\data\ar\redis;
 
-use yii\db\TableSchema;
+use yii\db\redis\RecordSchema;
 
 class OrderItem extends ActiveRecord
 {
-	public static function tableName()
-	{
-		return 'tbl_order_item';
-	}
-
 	public function getOrder()
 	{
 		return $this->hasOne('Order', array('id' => 'order_id'));
@@ -23,7 +18,8 @@ class OrderItem extends ActiveRecord
 
 	public static function getTableSchema()
 	{
-		return new TableSchema(array(
+		return new RecordSchema(array(
+			'name' => 'order_item',
 			'primaryKey' => array('order_id', 'item_id'),
 			'columns' => array(
 				'order_id' => 'integer',
diff --git a/tests/unit/framework/db/redis/ActiveRecordTest.php b/tests/unit/framework/db/redis/ActiveRecordTest.php
index 4d7aea2..064a6d9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/framework/db/redis/ActiveRecordTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/framework/db/redis/ActiveRecordTest.php
@@ -9,10 +9,31 @@ use yiiunit\data\ar\redis\OrderItem;
 use yiiunit\data\ar\redis\Order;
 use yiiunit\data\ar\redis\Item;
 
+/*
+Users:
+1 - user1
+2 - user2
+3 - user3
+
+Items: 1-5
+
+Order: 1-3
+
+OrderItem:
+1 - order: 1
+2 - order: 1
+3 - order: 2
+4 - order: 2
+5 - order: 2
+6 - order: 3
+
+ */
+
 class ActiveRecordTest extends RedisTestCase
 {
 	public function setUp()
 	{
+		parent::setUp();
 		ActiveRecord::$db = $this->getConnection();
 
 		$customer = new Customer();
@@ -72,8 +93,6 @@ class ActiveRecordTest extends RedisTestCase
 		$orderItem = new OrderItem();
 		$orderItem->setAttributes(array('order_id' => 3, 'item_id' => 2, 'quantity' => 1, 'subtotal' => 40.0), false);
 		$orderItem->save(false);
-
-		parent::setUp();
 	}
 
 	public function testFind()
@@ -332,6 +351,8 @@ class ActiveRecordTest extends RedisTestCase
 		$this->assertFalse($customer->isNewRecord);
 	}
 
+	// TODO test serial column incr
+
 	public function testUpdate()
 	{
 		// save
diff --git a/tests/unit/framework/db/redis/ConnectionTest.php b/tests/unit/framework/db/redis/RedisConnectionTest.php
similarity index 96%
rename from tests/unit/framework/db/redis/ConnectionTest.php
rename to tests/unit/framework/db/redis/RedisConnectionTest.php
index ab66e1d..85c69ac 100644
--- a/tests/unit/framework/db/redis/ConnectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/framework/db/redis/RedisConnectionTest.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace yiiunit\framework\db\redis;
 
 use yii\db\redis\Connection;
 
-class ConnectionTest extends RedisTestCase
+class RedisConnectionTest extends RedisTestCase
 {
 	/**
 	 * Empty DSN should throw exception
diff --git a/tests/unit/framework/db/redis/RedisTestCase.php b/tests/unit/framework/db/redis/RedisTestCase.php
index 7c9ee3e..309ecc5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/framework/db/redis/RedisTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/unit/framework/db/redis/RedisTestCase.php
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ class RedisTestCase extends TestCase
 {
 	protected function setUp()
 	{
-		$params = $this->getParam('redis');
+		$this->mockApplication();
+
+		$databases = $this->getParam('databases');
+		$params = isset($databases['redis']) ? $databases['redis'] : null;
 		if ($params === null || !isset($params['dsn'])) {
 			$this->markTestSkipped('No redis server connection configured.');
 		}
@@ -34,7 +37,8 @@ class RedisTestCase extends TestCase
 	 */
 	public function getConnection($reset = true)
 	{
-		$params = $this->getParam('redis');
+		$databases = $this->getParam('databases');
+		$params = isset($databases['redis']) ? $databases['redis'] : array();
 		$db = new \yii\db\redis\Connection;
 		$db->dsn = $params['dsn'];
 		$db->password = $params['password'];