Is there a way to pre-populate a database table w/ a migration in Rails 3.x? I have a list of states, and I’d like to be able to pre-populate it whenever I’m setting up a build of the project.
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Is there a way to pre-populate a database table w/ a migration in Rails 3.x? I have a list of states, and I’d like to be able to pre-populate it whenever I’m setting up a build of the project.
You could use
db/seeds.rbfor this. Good way to populate tables in a fresh app.http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2009/5/13/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-database-seeding
http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2009/09/05/planting-the-seeds