Rails - Sep 2009 - how to get rake task to delete dependents

is there a way i can get a rake task to destroy the dependents declared
in the model when an item is destroyed?

here is my rake task code:

task(:deleteFakes => :environment) do
   @items = Item.find(:all, :conditions => ''items.fake =
true'', :order
=> ''name'')

   @items.each do |item|
     item.destroy
     puts item.name + " destroyed!"
   end
end

and part of the item model:

  has_many :compounds, :dependent => :destroy

if i delete the items through the web interface the item and it''s
associated compounds are removed.  is there a way i can get this to work
from the rake task?

thanks.
scott
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Scott Kulik wrote:
> is there a way i can get a rake task to destroy the dependents declared
> in the model when an item is destroyed?
> 
> here is my rake task code:
> 
> task(:deleteFakes => :environment) do
>    @items = Item.find(:all, :conditions => ''items.fake =
true'', :order
> => ''name'')
> 
>    @items.each do |item|
>      item.destroy
>      puts item.name + " destroyed!"
>    end
> end
> 
> and part of the item model:
> 
>   has_many :compounds, :dependent => :destroy
> 
> if i delete the items through the web interface the item and it''s
> associated compounds are removed.  is there a way i can get this to work
> from the rake task?
> 
> thanks.
> scott
sorry, i figured it out.  it actually is working as expected, i had some 
relations to the item that were not directly linked to the dependent 
clause.
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