ar_fixtures can do some of this kind of stuff - may be worth taking a look at.
--Matt Jones On Jul 6, 11:54 am, "David A. Black" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi -- > > On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, ms wrote: > > > Hey, > > > I want to insert new records manually with a little ruby script and I > > want to use the corresponding rails models beyond the running rails > > application. How do I manage this? Is there a way to fill up some > > tables using a kind of yml-files like you have in the testing > > environment? > > I imagine there's a script or rake task out there that does this, but > if you want to roll your own, it's not hard. > > Here's a mini-example. Create a file called (say) users.yml, like > this: > > one: > name: Emma Peel > email: mrsp...@blah > two: > name: John Steed > email: st...@blah > > Then create a file called read_records.rb (or whatever): > > users = YAML.load(File.read("/path/to/users.yml")) > users.each do |tag,hash| > User.create(hash) # give or take error checking > end > > Then run it using script/runner: > > cd my_rails_app_directory > ./script/runner /path/to/read_records.rb > > The runner script will load your application environment (development > by default), so it will know what User is and it will already have > YAML loaded. > > And of course you can include the YAML in the script file instead, or > just create hashes directly, and so on. > > As I say, there are probably more turnkey-ish ways to do it already > out there somewhere, though I find it pretty turnkey-ish anyway. > > There's also rake db:fixtures:load, if you happen to have the sample > data you want already in the test fixtures. > > David > > -- > David A. Black / Ruby Power and Light, LLC > Ruby/Rails consulting & training:http://www.rubypal.com > Now available: The Well-Grounded Rubyist (http://manning.com/black2) > Training! Intro to Ruby, with Black & Kastner, September 14-17 > (More info:http://rubyurl.com/vmzN) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
