Activerecord::StringEnum

Make ActiveRecord 4's Enum store as strings instead of integers.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'activerecord-string-enum'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install activerecord-string-enum

class Task < ActiveRecord::Base
    extend ActiveRecord::StringEnum

    str_enum :status, [:running, :finished]
end

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/phusion/activerecord-string-enum/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request