Hi, Check out this excelent railscast:
http://railscasts.com/episodes/129-custom-daemon It is really easy & effective. Also, Thorny Gorms has some built-in checks for form expiration: http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/9ec5a5112548c95e Cheers, Sazima On Feb 12, 4:35 pm, Gavin <[email protected]> wrote: > Am I right in saying Daemons for frequent tasks (performing a specific > check every minute or so) and cron jobs for less regular tasks > (cleaning up sessions every week or so)? > > Are Daemons resource-intensive? > > On 12 Feb, 18:27, Chris Kottom <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 for implementing this as a cron job. Sometimes the cleanest solution is > > outside the framework. > > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Gavin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Writing more unit tests for this as we speak > > > > Thanks for the tip Robert > > > > PS - I presume, if I were to use constants that I would define the > > > constants in the class itself? > > > > On 12 Feb, 15:17, Robert Walker > > > <[email protected]<https://mail.google.com/mail?view=cm&tf=0&[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > Gavin wrote: > > > > > So, would it be more appropriate to write a method like > > > > > > def purchased? > > > > > if self.status > 3 > > > > > return true > > > > > else > > > > > return false > > > > > end > > > > > end > > > > > > and then call the purchased? method to perform the check? > > > > > > On 12 Feb, 14:39, Robert Walker > > > > > <[email protected]<https://mail.google.com/mail?view=cm&tf=0&[email protected]> > > > > > Actually it could be as simple as adding some constants to represent > > > > your states. > > > > > Example: > > > > STARTED = 1 > > > > PROCESSING = 2 > > > > COMPLETED = 3 > > > > BILLED = 4 > > > > PAID = 5 > > > > > if self.state > COMPLETED > > > > > You just want to avoid the use of a "magic number" by giving it clear > > > > meaning. > > > > > -- > > > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
