New and resolved state set through scope

app/models/rscratch/exception.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module Rscratch
   class Exception < ActiveRecord::Base
 
     if Rails::VERSION::MAJOR == 3
-      attr_accessible :action, :app_environment, :controller, :exception, :message, :new_occurance_count, :total_occurance_count
+      attr_accessible :action, :app_environment, :controller, :exception, :message, :new_occurance_count, :total_occurance_count, :status
     end
 
     STATUS = %w(new under_development resolved)
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@ class Exception < ActiveRecord::Base
     validates :controller      , presence: true
     validates :action          , presence: true
     validates :app_environment , presence: true
-    validates :status, presence: true, :inclusion => {:in => STATUS}
+    validates :status          , presence: true, :inclusion => {:in => STATUS}
 
     ### => Model Scopes
     scope :by_exception, lambda {|exc|where(["exception=?", exc])}                      
     scope :by_message, lambda {|msg|where(["message=?", msg])}                      
     scope :by_controller, lambda {|con|where(["controller=?", con])}                      
     scope :by_action, lambda {|act|where(["action=?", act])}                      
     scope :by_environment, lambda {|env|where(["app_environment=?", env])}   
+    scope :by_status, lambda {|status|where(["status=?", status])}   
 
     # => Dynamic methods for exception statuses
     STATUS.each do |status|
@@ -32,15 +33,6 @@ class Exception < ActiveRecord::Base
       end
     end
 
-    # => Dynamically defining these custom finder methods
-    class << self
-      STATUS.each do |status|
-        define_method "#{status}" do
-          where(["status=?", status])
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
     # Log an exception
     def self.log(exc,request) 
       _exception = self.find_or_add_exception(exc,request.filtered_parameters["controller"].camelize,request.filtered_parameters["action"],Rails.env.camelize)