Interact with the database from a simple ruby script

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi,

I have a simple rails application with a model. The data that needs to be entered in the database comes from an external application which I can parse using a standard ruby script. What would be the proper way to handle model/database interactions from an external ruby script? Should I use rake tasks instead?

Thanks!

JF

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puts everything togheter, something like:

require 'rubygems' require_gem 'activerecord'

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection({      :adapter => 'mysql',      :database => 'mydb',      :username => 'user',      :password => 'password' })

class MyTable < ActiveRecord::Base end

...your ruby script that parse here...

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Also check out

http://benlog.org/2007/6/18/stepping-off-the-rails-with-rack