Creates a set of custom rake tasks. Place this in a file in {app_root}/lib/tasks/<file_name>.rake Invoke the custom_demo_data task from the command line as => rake populate:custom_demo_data COMPANY="Foo Bar Inc"

populate.rake

namespace :populate do
	desc "Populates the production database with demo data to support sales"
	task :generic_demo_data do 
		puts "populating the database with demo data"
	end

	desc "Populates the production database with test data for manual testing"
	task :test_data do
		puts "populating the database with test data"
	end

	desc "Populates the production database with demo data for a specific sales lead"
	task :custom_demo_data => :environment do 
		puts "populating the database with demo data for #{ENV['COMPANY']}"
	end
end