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