delete_paranoid¶ ↑

Soft Delete ActiveRecord instances.

Usage¶ ↑

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

Features¶ ↑

• simple configuration

• preserves existing ActiveRecord API and triggers appropriate callbacks. 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, including dependent-destroy associations

Contributing¶ ↑

• Fork the project

• Fix the issue

• Submit a pull request on github

Patch acceptance criteria¶ ↑

• tests must be included

Copyright¶ ↑

Copyright © 2011 Ryan Sonnek. See LICENSE.txt for further details.