this is a simple way to count the rows in your database, in case you are trying to track down where rows are getting created

row_counter.rb

class RowCounter

  def self.checkpoint
    @counter_collection ||= []
    @counter_collection << RowCounter.new
    @counter_collection[-1] - @counter_collection[-2]
  end

  def initialize
    census
  end

  def tables
    @tables ||=  ActiveRecord::Base.connection.tables
  end

  def census
    @census ||= tables.reduce({}) do |counts, table_name|
      counts[table_name] = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("select count(*) from #{table_name};").first.values.first.to_i
      counts
    end
  end

  def -(other_rowcounter)
    return census.select {|_,v| v>0} unless other_rowcounter
    other_census = other_rowcounter.census
    census.reduce({}) do |result, (key, value)|
      next result if value == other_census[key]
      result[key] = value.to_i - other_census[key].to_i
      result
    end

  end
end