Need to initialize contant arrays , where to do it

I need to load names, from the table ‘domains’ into an array
(frequently used in my app…)
ALL_DOMAINS = Domain.find(:all).map { |d| d.name }.compact

I tried to write it in an initialize or in my application.rb BUT

problem : when I run a rake db:migrate initially (after creating the
database)
I get an error…

rake db:migrate --trace
(in /Users/yves/Developpement/Projects/rails/presdemoi)
** Invoke db:migrate (first_time)
** Invoke environment (first_time)
** Execute environment
rake aborted!
Mysql::Error: Table ‘yves_pdm_dev.domains’ doesn’t exist: SELECT *
FROM domains

right, the table is not yet created, that’s why I want to do a
migrate …

any clue ?

thanks

Kad K. wrote:

I need to load names, from the table ‘domains’ into an array
(frequently used in my app…)
ALL_DOMAINS = Domain.find(:all).map { |d| d.name }.compact

I tried to write it in an initialize or in my application.rb BUT

problem : when I run a rake db:migrate initially (after creating the
database)
I get an error…

rake db:migrate --trace
(in /Users/yves/Developpement/Projects/rails/presdemoi)
** Invoke db:migrate (first_time)
** Invoke environment (first_time)
** Execute environment
rake aborted!
Mysql::Error: Table ‘yves_pdm_dev.domains’ doesn’t exist: SELECT *
FROM domains

right, the table is not yet created, that’s why I want to do a
migrate …

any clue ?

thanks

I advise against a constant based on database content. You can do
something functionally equivalent using a class variable to cache the
data the first time it’s requested:

class Domain

def self.cached_names
@@cached_names ||= Domain.find(:all).map { |d| d.name }.compact
end

end

Then use Domain.cached_names instead of your constant.

Jeremy
http://jeronrails.blogspot.com