# Fixtures loading in Rails 3

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixtures-loading-in-rails-3/189323>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 28, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixtures-loading-in-rails-3/189323 "2010-05-28T18:58:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ramos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@Ramos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ramos)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixtures-loading-in-rails-3/189323/1 "2010-05-28T18:58:18Z")

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Hello folks,

Anyone knows how can we load fixtures in Rails 3.  
Up to rails 2 there was a rake goal which performed the task

rake db:fixtures:load

But that disapeared with Rails 3.

Any hints?

Thanks,  
Ramos.

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**Author:** ![Ramos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@Ramos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ramos)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixtures-loading-in-rails-3/189323/2 "2010-05-29T00:11:19Z")

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Ramos wrote:

> Hello folks,
> 
> Anyone knows how can we load fixtures in Rails 3.  
> Up to rails 2 there was a rake goal which performed the task
> 
> rake db:fixtures:load
> 
> But that disapeared with Rails 3.
> 
> Any hints?

Use factories. Fixtures are crap and should be avoided.

> Thanks,  
> Ramos.

## Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
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**Author:** ![Ramos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@Ramos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ramos)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 10:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixtures-loading-in-rails-3/189323/3 "2010-06-02T10:51:04Z")

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Anyway, is there still support for fixtures loading in rails 3?

If so, how?

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser