How can I start the rails console and use the testing database exclusively?

August 21, 2023 by Tarik

To start console in test environment:

ruby script/console test 
ruby script/console production

To run rake tasks in test environment:

rake db:create RAILS_ENV=test 
rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=test

In Rails 3 and 4 you can use:

rails console test
rails c test

In Rails 5 you can use:

rails console -e test
rails c -e test