viola

-- model
some sort of constant hash: 
HASH_NAME = {
 0 => "Choose:",
1 => "On-Campus Recruiting - CSO",·
2 => "CSO Staff Referral",
3 => "Faculty Contact",·
4 => "Career Day",·
5 => "CSO Summer Job Listing",·
6 => "Alumni Contact",·

rantoniuk

namespace :db do  desc "Backup project database. Options: DIR=backups RAILS_ENV=production MAX=7" 
  task :backup => [:environment] do
    datestamp = Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")    
    base_path = Rails.root
    base_path = File.join(base_path, ENV["DIR"] || "backups")
    backup_base = File.join(base_path, 'db_backups')
    backup_folder = File.join(backup_base, datestamp)
    backup_file = File.join(backup_folder, "#{RAILS_ENV}_dump.sql")    
    FileUtils.mkdir_p(backup_folder)    
    db_config = ActiveRecord::Base.configurations[RAILS_ENV]