I''m creating an ebay-style auction application. I need a way to expire the lots once their end time has passed. The only way I can see to do it is through a cron job - every minute or two, run a rails script which queries the database and finds any lots that have expired buy haven''t been ''marked'' as closed. Of course, the instant a lot expires, it''s no longer available for bidding. This seems really clunky and hackish, but I can''t see any way to ''Observe'' the database. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---