How to use seeding for filling data in database

Previously we used the rails migration in order to fill data but it was a not good practice because we mixed schema and data changes - https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_migrations.html

Create seed

rails g seed_migration AddFoo

A new file will be created under db/data/ using rails migration convention:

db/data/20230124162007_add_foo.rb

Some example on our code base

db/data/20221101042026_add_foo.rb

Running the migrations

To run all pending migrations, simply use

rake seed:migrate

If needed, you can run a specific migration:

rake seed:migrate MIGRATION=20140407162007_add_foo.rb

Rollback

Rolling back the last migration is as simple as:

rake seed:rollback

More details here https://github.com/pboling/seed_migration

How it works on deploy

Your created seeds will automaticly run on staging or prod

How to use seeding for filling data in database

Create seed​

A new file will be created under db/data/ using rails migration convention:​

Some example on our code base​

Running the migrations​

To run all pending migrations, simply use​

If needed, you can run a specific migration:​

Rollback​

Rolling back the last migration is as simple as:​

How it works on deploy​