Rails - Jan 2006 - running a background task/thread in rails?

Hi, I am new to ruby and to rails, but I like what I see so far.  I have 
been working on a web app in java (servlets and JSPs) that, based on a 
request from the user, kicks off a thread in the background to perform a 
task (puts messages in an MQSeries queue).  The thread object is stored 
in the session and I then allow the user to control the task from the 
browser(like stop it).

Is the same thing possible/easy to do in rails?  I searched but
couldn''t
find quite what I am looking for.  If someone can point me in the right 
direction, that would be great.

Thanks in advance,
eching

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This wiki page might be helpful:

http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowToRunBackgroundJobsInRails

Kevin


On Jan 23, 2006, at 11:27 AM, rails-request@lists.rubyonrails.org wrote:
> From: Eric Ching <bingopajama@hotmail.com>
> Date: January 23, 2006 11:11:56 AM MST
> To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> Subject: [Rails] running a background task/thread in rails?
> Reply-To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
>
>
> Hi, I am new to ruby and to rails, but I like what I see so far.  I  
> have
> been working on a web app in java (servlets and JSPs) that, based on a
> request from the user, kicks off a thread in the background to  
> perform a
> task (puts messages in an MQSeries queue).  The thread object is  
> stored
> in the session and I then allow the user to control the task from the
> browser(like stop it).
>
> Is the same thing possible/easy to do in rails?  I searched but  
> couldn''t
> find quite what I am looking for.  If someone can point me in the  
> right
> direction, that would be great.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> eching

Eric Ching wrote:
> Hi, I am new to ruby and to rails, but I like what I see so far.  I have 
> been working on a web app in java (servlets and JSPs) that, based on a 
> request from the user, kicks off a thread in the background to perform a 
> task (puts messages in an MQSeries queue).  The thread object is stored 
> in the session and I then allow the user to control the task from the 
> browser(like stop it).
> 
> Is the same thing possible/easy to do in rails?  I searched but
couldn''t
> find quite what I am looking for.  If someone can point me in the right 
> direction, that would be great.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> eching
Check this link:
http://kylemaxwell.com/articles/2006/01/06/railscron-0-1

and the svn:
http://dev.kylemaxwell.com/repository/browse/rails_cron/trunk

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> Check this link:
> http://kylemaxwell.com/articles/2006/01/06/railscron-0-1
> 
> and the svn:
> http://dev.kylemaxwell.com/repository/browse/rails_cron/trunk
Excellent!  Looks about what I need.  Thanks for the links.

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