How to store enum as string to database in rails

Question

How do I create a migration in ruby where the default is a string rather than an Integer, I want to store enum into the database, but I do not want to store it as Integer, becau

Answer 1

Take a look at this Gist, Rails doesn't provide it out of the box so you have to use a concern:

https://gist.github.com/mani47/86096220ccd06fe46f0c09306e9d382d