# Rake db:dbdata:load

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-dbload/128378>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 7, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-dbload/128378 "2008-02-07T05:46:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-dbload/128378/1 "2008-02-07T05:46:19Z")

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I haven’t tried it yet, but does anyone have experience with something  
like:

Dump the DB: “rake db:dbdata:dump”  
Load the DB: “rake db:dbdata:load”

[http://webchicanery.com/2007/08/22/rake-database-dump/](http://webchicanery.com/2007/08/22/rake-database-dump/)

I’d like to use the “load” feature to load data from CSV. Would that  
be a good usage?

thanks,

Thufir