pg_enum

Adding enum type support to ActiveRecord’s PostgreSQL adapter.

I recommend validating your input via validates_inclusion_of.

For example:

class Sport < ActiveRecord::Base
 validates_presence_of :type, :in => ['hockey','football','soccer']
end

And you can also use your types in migrations like so:

def self.up
 create_enum :sports_type, :values => ['hockey','football','soccer]
 create_table :sports do |t|
  t.sports_type :type
 end
end

def self.down
 drop_table :sports #have to drop all dependencies first
 drop_enum :sports_type
end

Note on Patches/Pull Requests

If you fix stuff, I’ll probably take it.

Copyright

Just give credit where it’s due.