Add Rows to a SQL Table in Ruby on Rails - ruby-on-rails

Question

How do I add data to a table in Rails?
So far I have created a Rails app that pulls in data from an API. Next, I have ran the command
rails generate model order
and I have /db/migrate/timestamp_create_orders.rb
class CreateOrders < ActiveRecord::Migration
def change
create_table :orders do |t|
t.string :email, null: false
t.string :order_date, null: false
t.string :total_price, null: false
t.string :order_number, null: false
t.string :cust_name, null: false
t.string :zip_code, null: false
t.timestamps null: false
end
end
end
Next, I believe I need to run db:migrate and that will create the table.
My question is, how do I add data to this table? I want the user to visit the app, it pulls in the data, and stores it in this table.
I have found conflicting advice..
Should I just use the advice from here
Order.create(:email=>'fake#fake.com',:order_data=>"...
But other advise seems to say not to do this here and here. Though they are all pretty old

Answer 1

You do not create database entries in migrations, you usually create schema or specify changes in the schema in migration files. You use seeds for creating seed data in the database.
To create new data in database through rails you can use either create or new method but you need to save the data as mentioned in other posts in your links when you are using new method.

Answer 2

While creating or migrating a new database table, table row is not automatically added. You need to add them manually. One way to populate the newly created database table is using seeds.rb file which is located in your application db folder. You can add Faker gem to your application for creating fake table attribute elements. An example using faker:
(1..3).each do # it'll create 3 new order
Order.create(email: Faker::Internet.email, order_date: Faker::Date.between(2.days.ago, Date.today))
end
Then run rake db:seed in your project folder console.
If you have some validation in your order.rb file, then you can create new instance of that order and then save it like:
order = Order.new(....)
order.save(validate: false)