i'm having some problems getting a simple example going with
backgrounDRB.
after i set my worker to work i try to get back the result like this:
w = MiddleMan.worker(key)
w.items comes back as DRb::DRbUnknown (i have items as attr_reader in
my worker and access it inside there with @items). the result is
actually activerecord results in an array. when i change it so my
worker puts results.inspect into @items it comes back like it should,
but when its bringing back activerecord results it seems to think its
DRbUnknown instead of an array of whatever.. what do i do?
You shouldn't pass entire ActiveRecord objects over the drb connection as it is way slow because it has to marshall everything before it sends it over. You woudl be better just sending an array of id's back to rails and grabing the results in rails.
But if you really want to pass AR objects over the drb connection then you ned to add this line to any models you want to pass:
class MyModel < AR:Base
include DRbUndumped
# rest of code
end
Then you will get the right objects instead of drbunknown.
I have tried to do something like recently in my code but I get a
NoMethodError for the worker method.
w = MiddleMan.worker(key)
Every example I've seen describing how to use BackgroundDRB is
contradictory or incomplete. What I'd like to do is launch a thread in
the background and monitor it's progress. I found an example of how to
do this but it doesn't seem to work.
And, where are is the documentation for MiddleMan anyway?
I have tried to do something like recently in my code but I get a
NoMethodError for the worker method.
w = MiddleMan.worker(key)
Every example I've seen describing how to use BackgroundDRB is
contradictory or incomplete. What I'd like to do is launch a thread
in
the background and monitor it's progress. I found an example of how
to
do this but it doesn't seem to work.
And, where are is the documentation for MiddleMan anyway?
Well, *many* people have encountered problems simply because, there is
just too much confusion floating around, which version of bdrb to use.
BUT, if you follow the official documentation, which is available here:
