Ruby on Rails

On 19 May 2011, at 11:17, Mauro wrote:

> Ok.
> Can I create past that method inside a custom rake task and use it
> inside the namespace?
> Ex:
>
> /lib/tasks/import.rake
>
> def parsedatestring(datestring)
> day, monthname, year = datestring.split("-")
> year = (year.to_i > Date.today.year - 2000 ? "19#{year}" :
> "20#{year}")
> Date.new(year.to_i, CUSTOM_MONTHS.index(monthname), day.to_i)
> end
>
> namespace :import do
> desc 'imports'
> task:raw do
> parsedatestring(.....)

Sure, you can define methods inside rake tasks and use them there
afaik (not 100% sure, but 99%). Try for yourself and see.

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