protected function softDelete()
	{
		$column = $this->model->getDeletedAtColumn();

		return $this->update(array($column => $this->model->freshTimestampString()));
	}
protected function softDelete()
	{
		$column = $this->model->getDeletedAtColumn();

		return $this->update(array($column => $this->model->freshTimestampString()));
	}
protected function softDelete ( ) { $ column = $ this -> model -> getDeletedAtColumn ( ) ; return $ this -> update ( array ( $ column => $ this -> model -> freshTimestampString ( ) ) ) ; }
Soft delete the record in the database.

@return int
Soft delete the record in the database .