well...i feel like an idiot...the blog that I googled and found the instructions for using this on said to use db/seed.rb. just changed it to seeds.rb and it worked beautifully.
On Oct 22, 7:43 pm, Jamie <[email protected]> wrote: > Tried it with an unfrozen rails install....still won't work. I also > stripped most of the seed data out of the file and condensed the > information for the one model I left in. This is the file in it's > entirety: > > buildingclasses = [ > {:name => "Commercial Zones", :land_used => 1 }, > {:name => "Residential Zones", :land_used => 1}, > {:name => "Universities", :land_used => 2 }, > {:name => "Intelligence Centers", :land_used => 3 }, > {:name => "Research Centers", :land_used => 2 }, > {:name => "Government Centers", :land_used => 2 }, > {:name => "Tank Factories", :land_used => 5 }, > {:name => "Plane Factories", :land_used => 5 }, > {:name => "Shipyards", :land_used => 5 }, > {:name => "Fortifications", :land_used => 2 } > ] > > puts "adding building classes" > buildingclasses.each do |b| > BuildingClass.find_or_create_by_name(b) > end > > On Oct 22, 1:27 pm, Jamie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
