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

Question

I'd like to start the rails console and create database entries in a database that isn't the default database, such as the testing database. I'd appreciate any help.

Answer 1

$ RAILS_ENV=test ./script/console

Answer 2

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