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I'd like to start the rails console and create database entries in a database that isn't the default database, such as the testing database. I'd appreciate any help.

demongolem
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To start console in test environment:

ruby script/console test 
ruby script/console production

To run rake tasks in test environment:

rake db:create RAILS_ENV=test 
rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=test

In Rails 3 and 4 you can use:

rails console test
rails c test

In Rails 5 you can use:

rails console -e test
rails c -e test
Chiperific
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Harish Shetty
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    For completeness, `rails console -e test` or `rails c -e test` also works (in Rails 5.2 https://stackoverflow.com/a/53127882/188574) > Passing the environment's name as a regular argument is deprecated and will be removed in the next Rails version. Please, use the -e option instead. – Tun Feb 08 '19 at 08:04
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You can pass the environment as RAILS_ENV=test:

$ RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rails console

Or:

$ RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rails c

You can also do:

$ bundle exec rails console test

Or:

$ bundle exec rails c test

You can see like 

Loading test environment (Rails 3.2.8)
1.9.3p327 :001 >
Sebastián Palma
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8

in Rails 6 the syntax has changed for this

rails c -e test
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$ RAILS_ENV=test ./script/console
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