rake aborted! Don't know how to build task 'sandbox'

Question

I'm trying to add the sandbox to my rails spree application and have run into this error (using windows 8/powershell with Rails 4.1.6). I'm going by this manual: https://github.com/spree/spree/issues/411

This link Use older version of Rake seems to have a similar issue but I am not sure how to take the necessary steps to achieve it.

When I try:

C:\Ruby193\openUpShop> bundle exec rake sandbox

I get:

rake aborted!
Don't know how to build task 'sandbox'

I'm am new to rails and am still not sure how everything works so a throughout explanation with step by step instructions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 13 '17 at 18:13

you can use a file sandbox.rb

# use example: rake task:sub_task -- --sandbox

if ARGV.any? {|arg| arg == '--sandbox' }
  puts "** << USING SANDBOX!! >> **"

  # beginning
  $sandbox = -> do
    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.begin_transaction
  end

  # end
  at_exit do
    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.rollback_transaction
  end
end

then only you need add at the beginning of your task.rake file

require_relative 'path_to_your/sandbox.rb'

..and add at the beggining of your task code

desc "description task"
task example_task: :environment do
    $sandbox.call if $sandbox.present?
...

rake aborted! Don't know how to build task 'sandbox'

1 Answers1