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I, like many of you, have been searching for a good way to handle running long processes in Rails. So I rolled my own solution. I really want feedback! (I''ve tested this on very simple hello world examples, so don''t use it on anything production yet) . Grab the plugin: http://opensvn.csie.org/rails_cron Here''s the README: OVERVIEW ======== RailsCron is a way to

I received feedback from some of you, saying that it would be cool if RailsCron was even easier to manage. So I implemented a graceful start/restart inside of the plugin''s init.rb. If you don''t like it, comment it out and send me the feedback. Also, I finished an update to RailsCron that allows you to attach asynchronous processing methods to your ActiveRecord models. i.e.:

I''m using RailsCron, and it''s working out very well for me. However, I''m having one problem right now. I use the acts_as_background on one of my model objects. In order to get it to add the cron job to the table, I have to make sure the model is loaded in environment.rb. MyObject.load However, I''m running 2-3 fcgi process on my server. Most of the time when

I updated RailsCron to fix some threading issues with ActiveRecord. Please update if you were on 0.2.1. Also, I am still working on a good unit test strategy (its tricky because I would think that the tests must occur over a lot of time), but haven''t had/made time to give it its due. If you have suggestions, please let me know. -- Kyle Maxwell Chief Technologist E Factor Media // FN

Hi, I am writing a client-server rails app. The client and server maintain similar databases. Periodically, I would like them to synchronize their databases. For this, in the application, once the user logs in, I want to spawn a background process at the client that first sends the client''s new data and then receives the server''s new data. I am thinking of using RailsCron for

Hi, maybe this is of use for some of you. RailsCron from http://svn.kylemaxwell.com/rails_cron/trunk does not work with an Oracle database out of the box. One thing is the usage of "start" as an attribute name, which is a reserved word in Oracle. The other thing is the datatype :text for the command column. This will become a CLOB which cannot be queried with an ActiveRecord select.

Hi all, I''ve set up RailsCron to send email reminders on a daily basis. My dev environment is Rails trunk on Debian Sarge, lighttpd running as a regular user. I''m having two issues: 1) When I run "rake cron_start", I get rake aborted! undefined method `blank?'' for "":String The "blank?" method is provided by Rails, so I''m

Hello, I need to put a script in place for updating a local database with a remote resource periodically. It should be started alongside the server (or inside it, whatever) and be run as long as the server running my rails app is up an running. Any thoughts on how to accomplish this? I have thought of editing the environment.rb file and placing the call to the script trigger there, but I wonder

Hi All, I am developing a RoR app for managing community information and would like to have an summary of current events and interests mailed out monthly. The tickler email would be a basic summary of items and links back to the site. I would like to schedule the email delivery dates and have the app send out email to registered users that opted for this service. Once scheduled, a monthly

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

Hi, Is the development of Rails Cron still active? most of the blog articles about it are unavailable and it hasn''t been updated for a long time. -- Abdur-Rahman Advany http://blog.railsdevelopment.com/

Does anyone know if there exists a Task Scheduler module in Ruby on Rails like in TurboGears below? http://www.turbogears.org/preview/docs/scheduler.html I''m using Ruby on Rails for a multiplayer online game and I want to set checks at regular intervals to see if users are still logged in etc. Thanks in advance -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi, I''m trying to use RailsCron but keeping getting an error when I try to run it. I''m a beginner, so please use small words :) -bash-2.05b$ rake cron_start (in /home/jake/rails_sites/testsite) Syntax error: "&" unexpected The little bit I know about my environment: - RailsCron installed as a plug in (not gem, cause I''m on a shared host) - Debian Linux

Got another question. It''s unclear to me what "every" means in the background function and how it relates to the RailsCron.create "every": >From README: RailsCron.create( :command => "Object.do_something()", :start => 2.minutes.from_now, :every => 12.hours, # default: 1.day :finish =>

Hello, Is it possible to trigger an action in a controller when a table from database changes? I thought about using an utility like cron (railscron) to check every, e.g. 2 s, if the table changed, but I am wondering if there is a solution a bit more ''elegant'': to trigger an action exactly when the change is made. Best regards, -- Kuba Nowak

Hi Kyle, Thanks for your help so far. Now that I have it up and running, I''ve some behavior questions. I want to trigger an event just one time at a future time. I''m using some of your sample code to try this, but the behavior of some combinations of start, every, and finish behave in some unpredictable ways. 3 class RailsMaintainer 4 include ActsAsBackground

I''m yet another person looking to do some background Rails processing. >From post & the wiki, it looks like I should be using RailsCron. So I''m about to start playing. In parallel, I''d like to get some opinions re: database access. I have a table that I''d like to re-fresh periodically in the background. Is it safe, using RailsCron, to be accessing

I want to be able to write a script in Ruby which regularly consumes an XML feed from a fixed source, re-formats it, produces a large file for web delivery, and updates a database with the contained information. It''s simple - just running a script from a cron job, and some basic data manipulation... But I''d prefer to use the Rails database mapping constructs than roll my

Hi We have a search website where the user can type in individual words separated by spaces and/or phrases enclosed in single or double quotes. We are looking for a way to obtain a list of words and phrases from the search string. Can someone help? Thanks, Yash -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi All, I''m a newbie for RoR. Now, I want to create a background task: send an email at 6 pm every day. How can I create this task? Thanks, Rod Dong -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060519/acde9ef9/attachment.html