Rails 3 Disable model not delete

I have several models that I want the user to "disable" it vs destroying it. These models have a disable boolean. trying to make this work.

currently in application_controller.rb

helper_method :disable

def disable(model)
 @model = "#{model}".find(params[:id])
 @model.update_attribute(:disable => t开发者_高级运维rue)
 flash[:notice] = "Successfully disabled #{model}."
 redirect_to company_ + "#{model}".pluralized + _url(current_company)
end

Do I have to create a new path in routes for each one I want to use this function? Would be ideal, if I can do something similar like the destroy method.

I would probably extend ActiveRecord with a disable method so that you can call @model.disable() just like you would @model.destroy(). That way you can leave all the default routes as is and just change the destroy action in your controller to try disable() instead of destroy().

Perhaps like this:

module MyDisableModule
  def self.included(recipient)
    recipient.class_eval do
    include ModelInstanceMethods
  end
end

  # Instance Methods
  module ModelInstanceMethods

    #Here is the disable()
    def disable
      if self.attributes.include?(:disabled)
        self.update_attributes(:disabled => true)
      else
        #return false if model does not have disabled attribute
        false
      end
    end
  end
end

#This is where your module is being included into ActiveRecord
if Object.const_defined?("ActiveRecord")
  ActiveRecord::Base.send(:include, MyDisableModule)
end

And then in your controller:

def destroy
  @model = Model.find(params[:id])
  if @model.disable #instead of @model.destroy
    flash[:notice] = "Successfully disabled #{@model.name}."
    redirect_to #wherever
  else
    flash[:notice] = "Failed to disable #{@model.name}."
    render :action => :show
  end
end

Note that in this example, disabled is the attribute and disable is the method that makes a model disabled.