Rails - Populate test database with development data

Question

Is there any trivial way to copy the data from developmenet database into the test one? I know theres a way to copy schema and recreate database, but is there any rake task to populate test database with development one?

Answer 1

You can use mysql directly:

mysqldump app_development | mysql app_test

Answer 2

You can use:

rake db:test:clone

To copy the development db into test.