I'm a little further on this. I've started logging the process instead of writing to ActiveRecord. This is my code:
def schedule_queries t = Time.now hosts = get_hosts(30) logger.info "Starting request for #{hosts.count} domains at #{t}" domains.each do |domain| Thread.new do begin logger.info "Making request for #{host.identifier} at # {Time.now}" client = Net::HTTP.start(host.url) #set_active(domain) logger.info "Finished request for #{host.identifier} at # {Time.now}" rescue #set_inactive(domain) logger.info "Error in request for #{host.identifier} at # {Time.now}" ensure client.finish if client.active? if !client.nil? end end end end The log shows this: Starting request for 30 domains at Thu Nov 19 11:50:01 +0100 2009 Making request for dym at Thu Nov 19 11:50:01 +0100 2009 Making request for nsn at Thu Nov 19 11:50:11 +0100 2009 Finished request for dym at Thu Nov 19 11:50:21 +0100 2009 Making request for ren at Thu Nov 19 11:50:21 +0100 2009 Finished request for nsn at Thu Nov 19 11:50:31 +0100 2009 Making request for ixf at Thu Nov 19 11:50:31 +0100 2009 Finished request for ren at Thu Nov 19 11:50:41 +0100 2009 Making request for phw at Thu Nov 19 11:50:41 +0100 2009 Finished request for ixf at Thu Nov 19 11:50:51 +0100 2009 Making request for frk at Thu Nov 19 11:50:51 +0100 2009 Finished request for phw at Thu Nov 19 11:51:01 +0100 2009 Making request for gyt at Thu Nov 19 11:51:01 +0100 2009 Finished request for frk at Thu Nov 19 11:51:11 +0100 2009 Making request for nlb at Thu Nov 19 11:51:11 +0100 2009 Finished request for gyt at Thu Nov 19 11:51:21 +0100 2009 Making request for tdz at Thu Nov 19 11:51:21 +0100 2009 Error in request for tdz at Thu Nov 19 11:51:39 +0100 2009 Finished request for nlb at Thu Nov 19 11:51:39 +0100 2009 As you can see, it does do -some- threading, but it finishes requests only once every 10 seconds or so. What am I doing wrong? pharrington's example works for me, but this one doesn't. -- 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-t...@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=.