Button to update status attribute of a table

Mission: add buttons to change the status of a post

HOWTO:

migration - add status column to posts

add_column :posts, :status, :string, null: false, default: "planned"

post.rb - list available statuses

  validates :status, presence: true
  STATUSES = %i[planned progress done].map(&:to_s).freeze
  validates :quote_requestor, inclusion: { in: Post::STATUSES }

posts_controller.rb - add action to change status

  def change_status
    @post = Post.find(params[:id])
    if params[:status].present? && Post::STATUSES.include?(params[:status].to_sym)
      @post.update(status: params[:status])
    end
    redirect_to @post, notice: "Status updated to #{@post.status}"
  end

routes.rb

  resources :posts do
    member do
      patch :change_status
    end
  end

posts/show.html.erb

  <% Post::STATUSES.each do |status| %>
    <%= link_to change_status_post_path(@post, status: status), method: :patch do %>
      <%= status %>
    <% end %>
  <% end %>

or with a block

  <% Post::STATUSES.each do |status| %>
    <%= link_to_unless post.status.eql?(status.to_s), status, change_status_post_path(post, status: status), method: :patch %>
  <% end %>