similar to: scheduled jobs with cron

I''m running the latest backgroundrb mainly for scheduled tasks support. As per the documentation I created the backgroundrb_schedules.yml with the following: simple_label: :class: :document_sorter_worker :worker_method: :do_work :job: :bleh :trigger_args: :start: <%= Time.now + 5.seconds %> :end: <%= Time.now + 10.minutes :repeat_interval: 1.minute Under

I''m using backgroundrb for its scheduled jobs. Now, a job that runs on a daily basis creates an xml file that I currently create with an .rxml template. Can I run a controller action from within a worker ? Can I render() a template from within a worker ? Sorry, I haven''t grasped the whole rails/backgroundrb relationship so I don''t know what I can and not do. Thanks

I''m using the latest backgroundrb. Do I need to setup a worker in order to use it with Rails? I remember using "Worker::RailsBase" before. Also, how do I access the logger from within the worker? Thanks a lot! -- Lalo

I had a worker scheduled to run every minute with backgroundrb_schedules.yml: ebay_runner: :class: :ebay_auction_worker :job_key: :ebay_auction_runner :trigger_type: :cron_trigger :trigger_args: 0 * * * * * * This worker posts an auction to eBay from a queue of auctions every minute. I was having a problem where the worker would run ok the first time, but never any subsequent minutes

Ezra et al: I have this problem: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/backgroundrb-devel/2006-December/000578.html Any progress on it? Or are unit tests simply impossible for now? -- Phlip http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand <-- NOT a blog!!

I am sure..again I am missing something, but I am trying to start a worker, when backgroundrb starts and it doesn''t seem to work. Here is my config/backgroundrb_schedules.yml file: feed_worker: class: feed_worker job_key: feed_worker_key worker_method: do_work trigger_args: repeat_interval: 20.minutes I even tried this from Rails controller: # def start_feed_worker #

Hi Ezra/skaar, Wow man, the exercise was worth it. The connection closed problem with socket as i mentioned in my earlier mails...completely disappeared, and now i can connect only once to the socket and keep reading..till end of its days. Literally impossible with older release of backgroundrb. This could also potentially solve the issues people were having with ActiveRecord. As i said

Hi All, I am modifying typo so as, I can host multiple blogs on the same typo. And its almost done, except that...i am stuck at one place. When a user posts a new article, depending upon current blog_id, I would like to set the blog_id attribute of @article object. So..in the admin/content_controller.rb: We have: def new_or_edit if request.post? set_article_author

Hi Folks, I want to set up backgroundrb on my laptop to do some tests. But when I run "scripts/background start" I get this error: ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/daemons-1.0.5/lib/daemons/daemonize.rb:160:in `setsid'': the setsid() function is unimplemented on this machine (NotImplementedError) from ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/daemons-1.0.5/lib/daemons/daemonize.rb:160:in

I have installed mongrel and mongrel_cluster fine and have them running great with my app. I tried using the init.d script provided with mongrel_cluster 2.1 to start it up on boot but it doesn''t. mongrel_cluster_ctl works fine for me by hand and so does /etc/init.d./mongrel_cluster start. I am on Debian so I installed the service links with sudo update-rc.d mongrel_cluster defaults. And

I''m setting up a Rails app for a client that uses Windows. I''m getting this error: c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-0.3.18/lib/mongrel/rails.rb: 32: uninitial ized constant Mongrel::HttpHandler (NameError) from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:21:in `re quire'' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-0.3.18/bin/

I''m getting an error I don''t understand when I try to install the BackgrounDRb plugin. I installed the plugin yesterday, or thought I did, and tried this morning to start the daemon. Got an error and so tried to reinstall using: >ruby script\plugin install svn://rubyforge.org//var/svn/backgroundrb --force The first line of the reponse says: svn:

Ok, here is the class, I want to Unit Test, its part of a large app and is based on EventMachine library. I want to mock the class TickServer ( i.e not stub it) . Since in actual scenario, you can''t do this on this class: @server = TickServer.new # will toss an exception at your face you must initialize the server like this: EventMachine.run {

I use BDRb to process RSS feeds for users on my site (http://feedflix.com). I have a batch job that queries the DB for records that haven''t been updated in the last so many hours and kicks off a background job for each of them. If N records are returned by the DB, N background jobs gets queued and get done serially. As long as N is 255 or under, everything works like a charm.

Hi there, Amazing changes! I really like what you''ve done with BackgrounDRb and I hope you continue developing it, since it was definitely somewhat languishing before. One small error stuck out for me, though. The create method requires an argument even if one isn''t used, such that if you have: def create @results = Hash.new end The server throws an error about trying to

In my app, for three models: foo,bar and baz, the database connection is made to a different database and hence in model code: class Foo < ActiveRecord::Base establish_connection :diff_database end class Bar < ActiveRecord::Base establish_connection :diff_database end class Baz < ActiveRecord::Base establish_connection :diff_database end Now, the problem is, if is use the above

Just received the news from Tom Mornini. Congrats Ezra for the new Engine Yard site and the blog you will be collaborating. Hope to read you there soon. http://www.engineyard.com/ Jonathan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/backgroundrb-devel/attachments/20060925/3f251fa4/attachment.html

Hello ! 1) I have this error logged by bdrb: undefined method `send_request'' for nil:NilClass framework/packet_master.rb:58:in `ask_worker'' backgroundrb/server/master_worker.rb:59:in `process_work'' backgroundrb/server/master_worker.rb:16:in `receive_data'' backgroundrb/framework/bin_parser.rb:29:in `call'' backgroundrb/framework/bin_parser.rb:29:in

When trying to run Chris samples I get error: /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mocha-0.3.2/lib/smart_test_case.rb:3: uninitialized constant Test (NameError) from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require'' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mocha-0.3.2/lib/mocha.rb:1 from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:33:in

I''m using a plugin which adds a method to ActiveRecord::Base http://similetimelinerailshelper.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/simile_timeline/ This adds an "acts_as" type declaration to the Models, via the file in vendor/plugins/simile_timeline/lib/simile_timeline.rb Rails is working with these declarations, and they are being used successfully in ''regular