On 8 Apr 2009, at 14:28, Adam Akhtar wrote:
> > >> Given that this is all client side, what would a rails implementation >> be (maybe the odd helper function but the lack of them certainly >> shouldn't stop you getting started). >> >> As far as your particular case goes all you need is something on the >> page that every however often pings your controller to say 'do you >> have any more data for me'. It would be wise to push the actual >> scraping into a separate process >> > > Thanks Frederick, > > cna you (or anybody reading this) provide me with some helper names or > subject names that i should be investigating re: pining the > controller? > > is this a common rails thing? > > thanks so far for your help > To make things clear, pinging just means (in this context) make a request every so often. If you're using prototype PeriodicalExecuter is a good way to go (periodically_call_remote is a helper for that) Fred > > > > > -- > Posted via http://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 rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
