How do I run Ruby tasks that use my Rails models?

Question

I have a Rails app with some basic models. The website displays data retrieved from other sources. So I need to write a Ruby script that creates new instances in my database. I

Answer 1

You can open a connection in your scripts as such:

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
    :adapter  => "mysql",
    :username => "root",
    :host     => "localhost",
    :password => "******",
    :database => "******" 
)

I'm sure there is a more elegant way to do it, so that it grabs the info from your database.yml.