NameError: uninitialized constant Person::RAILS_ROOT

Question

In 'lib/tasks/admin.rake':

require 'rake'
namespace :admin do
  desc "TODO"
  task fake_people: :environment do
    print "How many fake people do you want?"
    Person.all.each do |p|
      print p.first_name + ' ' + p.last_name + '********'
    end
  end
end

In Person.rb(model):

require 'rake'

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
  def admin
    load File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'lib', 'tasks', 'admin.rake')
    Rake::Task["admin:fake_people"].invoke
  end 
end

How do i call admin:fake_people from call_rake in model.Please help me i have lost a whole day.

You can try this, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3675157/how-do-i-run-rake-tasks-within-my-rails-application — Sonalkumar sute, Mar 05 '15 at 06:13
yes i have already tried it but i am getting undefined method `RAILS_ROOT` — Uday kumar das, Mar 05 '15 at 06:22
now i am getting `RuntimeError: Don't know how to build task 'environment' ` after using `Rails.root` — Uday kumar das, Mar 05 '15 at 06:35
before invoking load the tasks add this line `YourAppName::Application.load_tasks` — Sonalkumar sute, Mar 05 '15 at 06:58

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '15 at 11:50

4

Try:

Rails.root

Because probably you have RoR 4. RAILS_ROOT was work fine in RoR 2 or 3.

answered Mar 05 '15 at 11:50

bondarenko.dev

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NameError: uninitialized constant Person::RAILS_ROOT

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