running model methods from command line

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hi chaps - i've got a project where I have very limited resources on the device rails runs on (raspberry pi) - basically i have rails server running… then periodically i fire off rails runner Model.method (from an external program on the device)…. all works fine but it's terribly slow - I think it's because every time runner fires it's starting up a whole new rails environment - is that assumption correct ?

After that - what's a better way ?

I mean I could use delayed job right ? but I don't see how that would help as the environment would still have to be loaded each time - that right ?

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Try create just a ruby script and include 'rubygems' and 'active_record':

#!/path/to/ruby

require'rubygems'|

require'active_record'|

You must include all the models you need also.

Then give execute permission to your script:

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You might also want (for the connection follow what's in your database.yml):

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection({   adapter: ... })

And you might want to require logger, and:

ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)