rails enums

issue.rb

class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
  enum :status => {:open => 1, :closed => 2, :reopened => 3, :inprogress => 4}
end

new.html.haml

= form_for @issue do |form|
  - options = Issue.statuses.map { |k,v| [k.to_s.titleize, k]}
  = form.select :status, options_for_select(options, @issue.status), {:include_blank => true}