Rails - Dec 2006 - Automatically start a long-running process?

I need to run a query every 10 seconds or so on my DB, and take certain 
actions if necessary. The way I''ve been doing this is to have a class 
method that contains an infinite loop. I start this method with an init 
script that calls script/runner. I''m wondering if there''s a
better way
to do this - for instance, could I somehow start that method when my app 
starts up and thread it out? What I have works, but it seems that there 
should be a more graceful way to do it.
Jason

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Jason Norris wrote:
> ...I''m wondering if there''s a better way
> to do this - for instance, could I somehow start that method when my app
> starts up and thread it out?
Look at backgroundrb:

http://backgroundrb.rubyforge.org/

Even though it''s "not ready for prime time" according to the
author(s),
I''ve been using the older version on a production site, with no
problems
I couldn''t hack around, for about three months.

And the latest version is substantially better. It''s good stuff.

--Al Evans

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