CODEWITHSUNDEEP
rubyruby-on-rails-3.2
user1899082
user1899082

Reputation:

Populating a database with mock data

I am writing a Rake task to populate the database with some mock data that they have given to me, so for example if there is a Organization table that has a name, id and time_zone field I wanted to populate it in my rake task, so first I created an array of my sample Organizations:

SAMPLE_ORGANIZATIONS = [ '37 Signals', 'Fog Creek']

And then a method to populate database from that:

def create_organizations
  SAMPLE_ORGANIZATIONS.each_with_index  {|item, index|
    Organization.first_or_create(
        name: item,
        time_zone: 'Central'
    )
  }
end

Is it a good way? How can I improve it?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 192

Answers (1)

bioneuralnet
bioneuralnet

Reputation: 5301

There are a few options.

  1. Put your mock code in db/seeds.rb, then run rake db:seed

  2. Fixtures. Define the data in yaml files, then run rake db:fixtures:load.

  3. Factory Girl. Probably the best choice, but slightly more complicated. Put your FactoryGirl code in db/seeds.rb and use it like #1.

Upvotes: 2

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