How to load db:seed data into test database automatically?
The db:seed rake task primarily just loads the db/seeds.rb script. Therefore just execute that file to load the data.
load "#{Rails.root}/db/seeds.rb"# orRails.application.load_seedWhere to place that depends on what testing framework you are using and whether you want it to be loaded before every test or just once at the beginning. You could put it in a setup call or in a test_helper.rb file.
I'd say it should be
namespace :db do namespace :test do task :prepare => :environment do Rake::Task["db:seed"].invoke end endendBecause db:test:load is not executed if you have config.active_record.schema_format = :sql (db:test:clone_structure is)
Putting something like this in lib/tasks/test_seed.rake should invoke the seed task after db:test:load:
namespace :db do namespace :test do task :load => :environment do Rake::Task["db:seed"].invoke end endend