Using a Rails helper method in a Rake task?

[Walter McGinnis]

Hey there,

I would like to DRY up this code, so that I don't redefine the number_to_human_size Rails helper method:

http://svn.kete.net.nz/projects/kete/trunk/lib/tasks/db-disk-usage-report.rake

Recommendations?  I've tried wrapping the Rails method in a local method that includes the module, but I get a "can't call private method" error.

Cheers,

Walter

Bonus points:  Make this db agnostic.

[Will Bryant]

Hi Walter,

You can just "include ActionView::Helpers::NumberHelper" into pretty much any object, including the task context  - and then call number_to_human_size directly.  Check out the attached...

Cheers,
Will

[Walter McGinnis]

Sweet.  I had tried that sort of.  I had wrapped the call in a local method definition which was throwing the "private method" error.  By including the module and using it directly within the task, all is well.

Cheers,

Walter