delete_paranoid

Soft Delete ActiveRecord instances.

class Blog < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_paranoid
end
blog = Blog.create! :name => 'foo'

# soft delete the instance
blog.destroy

# query database for results *including* soft deleted objects
Blog.with_deleted do
  Blog.all
end

# permenantly delete the instance from the database
Blog.delete! blog.id

• simple configuration
• preserves existing ActiveRecord API. No magical new API's to use when you want to soft delete a record
• automatically exclude soft deleted records from database queries (by default)
• support for querying database for all records (including soft deleted ones)
• support for permenantly deleting record from database

• Fork the project
• Fix the issue
• Add tests
• Submit a pull request on github

see CONTRIBUTORS.txt for complete list of contributors

Copyright (c) 2011 Socialcast Inc. See LICENSE.txt for further details.