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tasks/importers/census2000.rake

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+desc "imports the census 2000 data files and merged the data with the existing data files"
+task "import:census2000" => "import:census2000:run"
+
+namespace "import:census2000" do
+  task :run => :db do
+    
+    
+    open("sources/census-2000/app_c.csv", 'r') do |file|
+      
+      file.gets #skip the header
+      file.each do |line|
+        fields = line.split(",")
+        name = fields.first
+        @db.family_names.get name
+      end
+    end
+    
+    @db.write
+  end
+end