Loading CSV file Data into Mysql using Rubygems

Question

Trying to insert the data into DB from a csv file using ruby programming. I am fresher to scripting in ruby because of this facing issue.

the data in CSV file is as follows:

12,prakash,nair,kerala,india
13,koteswarreddy,aula,andhra pradesh,india
14,kush,gambhir,punjab,india
15,james,arnold,NY,USA  

kindly, suggest me to load this data into the data base Employee using Ruby.

require 'csv'
load 'dbconnection.rb'
require 'activerecord'

class Employee<ActiveRecord::Base
end

in the Employee which i need to load the data.

Answer 1

You can proceed as follows

require 'csv'    

csv_text = File.read(/path/to/file)
csv = CSV.parse(csv_text, :headers => false)
csv.each do |row|
  Employee.create!(row)
end