Thanks! I can think of a few ways to write a script with a continous loop. Just wondering though if there is a straight forward way to do it.
The one way I can think of is to have a integer that is the index of the record in the DB and then just reset it when it hits the number of records in the DB. On Apr 21, 11:00 am, Stephan Wehner <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 21, 7:17 am, "tashfeen.ekram" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Actually, I am interested in the former. That is, scan table and once > > it is done start form the top again and scan again without any delay. > > http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.htmlshould help (on Unix). > > Your Ruby script has an endless loop. daemontools comes in to start it > initially, or if the script fails, or for you to start/stop . > > Stephan > > > > > > > Thanks for the resource. > > > On Apr 21, 8:25 am, Peter Hickman <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > By continuously do you mean 'scan table, scan table, scan table ...' or > > > 'scan table, wait for 10 minutes, repeat' > > > > If it is the latter then you could simply set up a cron job to run every > > > few > > > minutes. > > > > Here's some details on how you might do it > > > >http://peter-hickman.blogspot.com/2009/09/rake-task-to-install-crons.... > > > >http://peter-hickman.blogspot.com/2009/11/crons-for-rails.html > > > > This sort of thing occurs a few times in my blog. > > > > Hope it might be of help. > > > > Of course this assumes that you are running on *nix or OSX > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
