RoR Database seeding

Lately, I’m researching various RoR methods, technologies, and doing further ready on Agile software development methodologies. Below is a technique I’ve learned for seeding RoR databases.

    Database seeding technique

  1. Define the model and controller (nifty_scaffold is great for building quick, CRUD interfaces)
  2. Add data to the database via the CRUD interface
  3. Use sqlite3 command to extract the new seed data into a flat file.
    In this example, the table contains custom fields for name and description.

       cd [project folder]\db
    sqlite3 development.sqlite3

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