Yeah, I thought of combining them into something like you suggested,
but wanted to get them working in the simplest form before I tried
complicating the file.

I'll try running it with an unfrozen rails later tonight. Don't have
access to an updated rails install right now...thus the frozen
rails :)

On Oct 22, 1:00 pm, sax <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just a note, you can restructure this to make it a little more DRY. I
> find this easier to manage in the long run, particularly if I may need
> to add more later.
>
> buildingclasses = [
>   {:name => "Name", :land_used => 1},
>   {:name => "Name 2", :land_used => 2}
>   // etc
> ]
>
> puts "adding building classes"
> buildingclasses.each do |b|
>   BuildingClass.find_or_create_by_name(b)
> end
>
> Have you tried seeding with rails unfrozen? Wondering if you can
> determine whether that's the problem, or if it's elsewhere.
>
> On Oct 22, 9:33 am, Jamie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello All,
>
> > I'm having trouble using the new rake db:seed function. I initially
> > built my app in Rails 3.2.2 but have updated and re-frozen the new
> > version (3.2.4) which is supposed to have the new data seeding
> > function. I created a seed.rb file at db/seed.rb that looks something
> > like this:
>
> > BuildingClass.create(:name => "Residential Zones",    :land_used =>
> > 1 )
> > BuildingClass.create(:name => "Universities",         :land_used =>
> > 2 )
> > BuildingClass.create(:name => "Intelligence Centers", :land_used =>
> > 3 )
> > BuildingClass.create(:name => "Research Centers",     :land_used =>
> > 2 )
> > BuildingClass.create(:name => "Government Centers",   :land_used =>
> > 2 )
> > BuildingClass.create(:name => "Tank Factories",       :land_used =>
> > 5 )
> > BuildingClass.create(:name => "Plane Factories",      :land_used =>
> > 5 )
> > BuildingClass.create(:name => "Shipyards",            :land_used =>
> > 5 )
> > BuildingClass.create(:name => "Fortifications",       :land_used =>
> > 2 )
>
> > WeaponType.create(:weapon_branch_id => 1,   :offense_base =>
> > 3.0,   :defense_base => 9.0,   :weapon_type_name =>
> > "Tanks",         :description => "Defensive Ground Unit")
> > WeaponType.create(:weapon_branch_id => 1,   :offense_base =>
> > 12.0,  :defense_base => 3.0,   :weapon_type_name =>
> > "Artillery",     :description => "Offensive Ground Unit")
> > WeaponType.create(:weapon_branch_id => 2,   :offense_base =>
> > 3.0,   :defense_base => 10.0,  :weapon_type_name =>
> > "Fighters",      :description => "Defensive Air Unit")
>
> > Whenever I try to run the command rake db:seed it appears to run with
> > no errors but doesn't give any feedback and does not modify the DB.
>
> > Is anybody able to help?
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