Questions tagged [seeding]

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Laravel Seeding Does not Fill in Fields

I have a database seed file: class ContactTableSeeder extends Seeder { public function run() { $contacts = array( array( 'first_name' => 'Test', 'last_name' => 'Contact', …
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Laravel Factories and Seeding: Static array of arrays

For some of my tables, I'd like to insert a fixed amount of rows with specific data. This is my categories factory: $factory->define(Category::class, function (Faker $faker) { return [ [ 'name' => 'Politics', …
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EF Core 2.1 HasData() creating deletes and re-inserts for unchanged entities on subsequent migrations

Update 8/29/18 Seeing this issue in inline new-ing of seed data as well. Opened an EF Core issue. Will update the question with any findings. I am trying to use EF Core 2.1's seeding mechanism. However, I want to load the seed data from json flat…
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How to generate SQL script from code first seeding?

As I am unable to use the migrate.exe tool to update the database, I am creating migration SQL scripts, and applying them manually, which works perfectly. As the seed part is not included into the migrations, they do not yield an SQL script. How…
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Hibernate - Seed database without using import.sql

I come from php/laravel. Whenever I want to seed the database i only need to run php artisan db:seed. This will run some php scripts that will insert data into the database. I want to achieve this same feature using spring/hibernate. I know I can…
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How to seed data for a node+mongo app deployed to Heroku?

I have a node express app with MongoDB as database. I want to have a seed.js file which I can run to fill in initial data to the database. I have no problem doing this on my local maschine. I just write the mongo commands in my seed.js file and run…
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Why is the seed method not being called?

I am coding a MVC 5 internet application and would like some help to execute the seed method to populate the database with some entities. Here is my DbContext code: public class CanFindLocationDatabaseContext : DbContext { public class…
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Laravel4 Database Seeder error - Call to undefined method SeedDummyOrders::setContainer()

I have two tables in my database: order_header order_details I need some dummy data, so I created the following SeedDummyOrders class: delete(); …
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Laravel seeding error - wrong table name

Laravel is throwing this error when I try to seed the database. My table is institution_school and not institution_schools, what Laravel reports in the error. [Illuminate\Database\QueryException] SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146…
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How to have different seeders per environments in Laravel 4?

I have a simple question but I haven't found an answer in the web. Maybe my keywords are false. So I am developing an app in Laravel 4. And I need to seed the database with different values according to the current active environment. So for…
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rake undefined method `fields' for nil:NilClass on database seed

When i try to do rake db:reset or rake db:drop rake db:create rake db:schema:load rake db:seed I randomly get a NoMethodError: undefined method 'fields' for nil:NilClass when the seed occurs. Here's one: [1m[35m (186.0ms)[0m INSERT INTO…
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Add seed data to development database for testing

I have a few tables that I would like to add about 10 rows of data to, in a manner that respects and illustrates their relationships. How can I add seed data (dummy data) to my applications' development database for testing? I'm hoping someone…
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Using operator>> to seed mt19937

In a blog post entitled "C++ Seeding Surprises," Melissa E. O'Neill reports that, "When std::seed_seq tries to “fix” high-quality seed data, it actually makes it worse." According O'Neill, a truly random seeding makes all states possible, but if you…
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Entity Framework Core seed data only if it does not exist

Entity Framework Migrations provide a way to seed data along with the creation of the table by using .HasData() on the Entity Type. This will translate into a Migration with calls to MigrationBuilder.InsertData to insert the data when the migration…
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How to create Seed in Nestjs?

I have my application with this directory structure. App |-- src |-- modules |-- user |-- role |-- company |-- ... |-- app.module.ts |-- main.js (Application Bootstrap) |-- seed.js |--…