# Fixed Data Sets **URL:** \ **Category:** rubyonrails-talk\ **Created:** [May 31, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/fixed-data-sets/30032 "2008-05-31T00:03:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Matthew\_Park](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6bbea6/32.png) [@Matthew\_Park](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Matthew_Park)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/fixed-data-sets/30032/1 "2008-05-31T00:03:46Z")
Hello, I apologize in advance if this has been brought up previously, I can't seem to find anything on it. I was wondering whether I should be using migrations or something else for a fixed set of data that would be changed over time. Here's an example: I'm about to set a model for languages that I originally preset (i.e. English, French, etc.) but I imagine that I would be adding on to this list after deploying. How do I ensure that I would be able to do this without any potential problems in the future. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Hardbap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Hardbap](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Hardbap)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/fixed-data-sets/30032/2 "2008-05-31T10:33:16Z")
Instead of migration you could use fixtures. There is a plugin for seeding data named seed-fu, [http://intridea.com/2008/4/20/seed-fu-simple-seed-data-for-rails](http://intridea.com/2008/4/20/seed-fu-simple-seed-data-for-rails) , but I have never used it on one of my project. good luck. mike ---
**Author:** ![Brandon\_Keepers1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90ced4/32.png) [@Brandon\_Keepers1](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Brandon_Keepers1)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/fixed-data-sets/30032/3 "2008-05-31T13:57:46Z")
Matthew