Loading data from SQL file in rake task

db.rake

  desc 'Load data from SQL file'
  task :load_data => :environment do
    puts 'Loading db/data.sql'

    sql        = File.read("#{Rails.root}/db/data.sql")
    statements = sql.split(/;$/)
    statements.pop # the last empty statement

    statements.each do |statement|
      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(statement)
    end
  end