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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

Hi, I would like to start running a background procedure once a user logs in to his account on the website. For this I am considering using the RailsCron object. However, I am not able to download it. I am new to Rails. Can someone give me the excat command I should use to get RailsCron? Can someone suggest a better way of running a procedure in the background? Thanks -Yash -- Posted via

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

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 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 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

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, 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.

I wasn''t sure where to email this request, so I am hoping the author of file_column actually sees this. I was wondering if there were any plans to allow some configurability in the file_column plugin. By configurability I mean allowing the developer to define which table column is used as the unique identifier when creating image folders. Right now it seems like it uses the ID of the

I have controller that processes data in one table and puts results in another. Now that its'' working, I would like to be able to run it from the command line ( read: windows batch file). How can this be done? It will be installed on a Windows box with InstantRails1.0, (if that matters). I will be doing more processes like this, so this is a good opportunity to get it right. -- Best

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

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 =>

I''m using bundled_resource, login_engine, and a few other plugins. It appears Rails considers plugins in alphabetic order. Turns out that there is a particular order that will work and alphabetic ain''t it. The login engine must be loaded first. Bundled resource then includes ''application_helper'' and the application helper includes LoginEngine. If

Howdy RailsWarriors, Its probably dead easy but I don''t see it. Got this in my controller. def new_computer User.find(params[:id]).computers.create(:comp => ''New Comp:'') end Which with an .rjs template creates a div at the bottom of my list. This all works like a charm. But in the partial I load in my rjs I also have a button for ''delete'' in the

Hi, I''m looking for a way to extend one of my models to allow some level of abstraction between what goes into it and how it is stored. For example, say I have a Product and I want to set it''s price. A person using the website will type the price in euros. Internally, I''d like to store the price as an integer value of cents. I can currently do this with some ugly code

Hi All: I''m writing my 1st Rails app and I can''t seem to find the answer on the web or in the book. I''m making a table, and I want to be able to expand a filename. The code is basically as as follows below. In the last <td> entry, I want to call an action and pass in the test_results_path, which I will go and read a file and munge the data for a separate

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 am using acts_as_taggable and everything seems to be working except that :condition => "tags_resources.portal_id=#{portal_id}" is not being applied. @resource_pages = Paginator.new self, Resource.find_tagged_with(:any => tag, :condition => "tags_resources.portal_id=#{portal_id}").length, 25, @params[''page'']; @resources

Features: * Management WEBrick - start, stop * Viewing log files * Abbrev from TextMate * Switching between View/Action http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs/rails.el

in a single table inheritance model, rails will automatically set the scope for acts_as_list to the ''type'' field as well as any other scope conditions we provide. Is there a way to disable this? i want to use STI but I want acts_as_list to disregard the class type when getting/setting positions. thanks alan