I want to import yaml files in to my project.
I have tried with fixtures, but it deletes the current data of the table. I need a way to import yaml filen in to a exsistant table.
regards svend
If you want to load yaml data into your development database, for instance, you can add migrations to do this. In db/migrate you should have the migration files for your tables which you created when you generated your models. Let's suppose you are loading to the 'users' table then you might run: % script/generate migration LoadUserData
Migration file might look like this:
Thanx, but using fixtures_create removes the current contense of the database. This is not for devel, this is in the production enviroment.
regards svend
I've only used the technique I mentioned to populate the table in its totality. If you're appending data to a table, you could perhaps create a loading table as a copy of the table you're loading to (sql: create <loading-table> as select * from <table> where 1=0; (not sure if it works on every db) / or do it the migration way). Use the fixture technique discussed to load it with data from your yaml file. Then run an insert sql statement: 'insert into <table> select * from <loading-table>'.
I hate it when people think out of the box, and comes up with a perfect simple solution. Perfect, thanx for the help.
regards svend
