namespace :data do desc 'Sets conference_id in all pre-existing PaperTrail::Version objects' task set_conference_in_versions: :environment do PaperTrail::Version.where(conference_id: nil, item_type: %w[Conference Event]).each do |version| # All pre-existing versions are either of Conference or Event if version.item_type == 'Conference' version.update_attributes(conference_id: version.item_id) elsif version.item_type == 'Event' event = (version.item || version.reify || version.next.reify) if event.try(:program) version.update_attributes(conference_id: event.program.conference_id) else puts "Setting conference_id value failed for PaperTrail::Version object with ID=#{version.id}" end end end puts 'All done!' end end