Delete a record from console — Ruby on Rails

Question

I want to delete a record from the console.

I logged through script/console and

User.find(1).delete
$<User id: 1, ..............>
User.find(1)
ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound: Couldn't find User with ID=1
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Everything looks fine till here.

But when I exit the console and return back to console by script/console command, I am able again to see the record with id = 1.

The database is not local and I'm connecting through database.yml by giving an ip.

when I try to do the same on the development local database, everything is fine.

Can someone please explain whats happening and where am I missing!

Thanks

Answer 1

Try

User.find(1).destroy

This should work in the console and otherwise.

Answer 2

On a similar note you can remove all the tuples for a given Object from the rails console as follows:

@object = Object.all

@object.each do |o|
  o.delete
end

Answer 3

Easy way to remove Models data from console

rails console

Store user model to an instance variable

user = User.find(1)

delete or destroy the relations by following commands

user.delete

or

user.destroy

Answer 4

Try User.count or y User.count

User.first where first is the number you want to delete

User.first.destroy

Answer 5

Make sure you aren't invoking console in sandbox mode, which will prevent the delete operation.