Comments on: Working with ActiveRecord model classes outside of the Rails environment http://lostechies.com/chadmyers/2008/01/06/working-with-activerecord-model-classes-outside-of-the-rails-environment/ Software development, testing, and techie life Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Mike Breen http://lostechies.com/chadmyers/2008/01/06/working-with-activerecord-model-classes-outside-of-the-rails-environment/#comment-21 Mike Breen Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:58:32 +0000 /blogs/chad_myers/archive/2008/01/06/working-with-activerecord-model-classes-outside-of-the-rails-environment.aspx#comment-21 I also like to think of rake as a tool for "heavy lifting" in Rails, not just automation. Getting at the Rails environment is easy enough: task(:my_task => :environment) do #work with you AR here end But I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish so maybe rake won't help you here. I also like to think of rake as a tool for “heavy lifting” in Rails, not just automation. Getting at the Rails environment is easy enough:

task(:my_task => :environment) do
#work with you AR here
end

But I’m not sure what you’re trying to accomplish so maybe rake won’t help you here.

]]> By: Mike Breen http://lostechies.com/chadmyers/2008/01/06/working-with-activerecord-model-classes-outside-of-the-rails-environment/#comment-20 Mike Breen Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:27:47 +0000 /blogs/chad_myers/archive/2008/01/06/working-with-activerecord-model-classes-outside-of-the-rails-environment.aspx#comment-20 When you're ready to write a custom rake task you should check out this tutorial: http://www.railsenvy.com/2007/6/11/ruby-on-rails-rake-tutorial Good luck! When you’re ready to write a custom rake task you should check out this tutorial: http://www.railsenvy.com/2007/6/11/ruby-on-rails-rake-tutorial

Good luck!

]]> By: chadmyers http://lostechies.com/chadmyers/2008/01/06/working-with-activerecord-model-classes-outside-of-the-rails-environment/#comment-19 chadmyers Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:12:44 +0000 /blogs/chad_myers/archive/2008/01/06/working-with-activerecord-model-classes-outside-of-the-rails-environment.aspx#comment-19 I hadn't got that far yet, I wanted to be able to do it first before automating it. This was the first day I had done any Ruby at all, so take it easy on me :) I hadn’t got that far yet, I wanted to be able to do it first before automating it. This was the first day I had done any Ruby at all, so take it easy on me :)

]]> By: Mike Breen http://lostechies.com/chadmyers/2008/01/06/working-with-activerecord-model-classes-outside-of-the-rails-environment/#comment-18 Mike Breen Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:58:58 +0000 /blogs/chad_myers/archive/2008/01/06/working-with-activerecord-model-classes-outside-of-the-rails-environment.aspx#comment-18 What about creating a rake task? Then you could just type 'rake something''? What about creating a rake task? Then you could just type ‘rake something”?

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