Question

I have the following task:

namespace :db do
  desc "Drop, create, migrate, seed the database and prepare the test database for rspec"
  task :reset_db => :environment do
    puts "Environment Check: Rails Environment = #{Rails.env}"
    Rake::Task['db:drop'].invoke
    Rake::Task['db:create'].invoke
    Rake::Task['db:migrate'].invoke
    #Rake::Task['db:fixtures:load'].invoke
    Rake::Task['db:test:prepare'].invoke
    puts 'Seeding Database..'
    Rake::Task['db:seed'].invoke
  end
end

This task works fine up to the last db:seed line.
It seems to be using the test environment and creates the data there, while all the other tasks execute in the development environment. When I execute rake db:seed via the command line, it runs correctly in the development environment.

How can I prevent it from running in the test environment?

Answer 1

The db:test:prepare rake task prepares the test database, and therefore sets RAILS_ENV=test.

So the reason why your task gets run in the testing environment is because db:test:prepare actually overwrites your RAILS_ENV variable.