# Populating the development database **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [November 17, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/populating-the-development-database/48222 "2005-11-17T22:32:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AvandenHoven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@AvandenHoven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/AvandenHoven)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/populating-the-development-database/48222/1 "2005-11-17T22:32:38Z")
Hey guys, Is there an easy way for me to take my test fixtures and pop them into my development database? I really don’t want to use the interface to populate the database… it takes too much time. Adam ---
**Author:** ![AvandenHoven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@AvandenHoven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/AvandenHoven)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/populating-the-development-database/48222/2 "2005-11-17T23:12:03Z")
On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 13:31 -0800, Adam van den Hoven wrote: > Hey guys, > > Is there an easy way for me to take my test fixtures and pop them > into my development database? I really don’t want to use the > interface to populate the database… it takes too much time. > > Adam Indeed… in one of our recent projects, Jeremy added this as a development task: # lib/tasks/development.rake desc ‘Load fixtures into the development database for convenience.’ task :development =\> [:environment] do require ‘active\_record/fixtures’ Fixtures.create\_fixtures “#{RAILS\_ROOT}/test/fixtures”, %w( languages projects translations ) end rake development. Voila. 🙂 -Robby – /\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* - Robby R., Founder.Developer.Geek - PLANET ARGON, Rails Development, Consulting & Hosting - Portland, Oregon | p: 503.351.4730 | f: 815.642.4068 - [www.planetargon.com](http://www.planetargon.com) | [www.robbyonrails.com](http://www.robbyonrails.com) - Programming Rails | [www.programmingrails.com](http://www.programmingrails.com) \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*/ ---
**Author:** ![AvandenHoven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@AvandenHoven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/AvandenHoven)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/populating-the-development-database/48222/3 "2005-11-18T00:24:53Z")
On 11/17/05, Robby R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > development task: > rake development. > > Voila. 🙂 And if it’s not clear, the languages, projects, and translations are the fixtures that should be loaded into the development database. ---
**Author:** ![AvandenHoven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@AvandenHoven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/AvandenHoven)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/populating-the-development-database/48222/4 "2005-11-18T01:16:21Z")
> end > > rake development. > > Voila. 🙂 That’s nice, but there’s already rake load\_fixtures for that 🙂 – rick [http://techno-weenie.net](http://techno-weenie.net) ---
**Author:** ![AvandenHoven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@AvandenHoven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/AvandenHoven)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/populating-the-development-database/48222/5 "2005-11-18T01:25:23Z")
Indeed so much has changed, and that task has a history dating back to the first RailsDay. I find variations on that theme to be useful for importing just certain fixtures, however, such as country or language data that are needed to initialize a system… it lets you take what you need. On Nov 17, 2005, at 4:14 PM, Rick O. wrote: > > end > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) /\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* - Robby R., Founder.Developer.Geek - PLANET ARGON, Rails Development, Consulting & Hosting - Portland, Oregon | p: 503.351.4730 | f: 815.642.4068 - [www.planetargon.com](http://www.planetargon.com) | [www.jvoorhis.com](http://www.jvoorhis.com) - Refactoring Rails | [www.refactoringrails.com](http://www.refactoringrails.com) \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*/ Also Cokemachineglow | [www.cokemachineglow.com](http://www.cokemachineglow.com) ---
**Author:** ![AvandenHoven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@AvandenHoven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/AvandenHoven)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/populating-the-development-database/48222/6 "2005-11-18T19:23:23Z")
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