I would use a scheduler for this kind of stuff. A pure ruby solution is rufus scheduler: http://github.com/jmettraux/rufus-scheduler With rufus scheduler you can schedule a routine that runs every day at a given hour and decrements every persons points by 0.5.
On May 30, 8:35 pm, Becky Russoniello <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > Hi Tim, > > Thanks for responding. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what do > you mean by database job? > > This is going to be a ranked list (current points value determines the > ranking), and I'd like users to be able to view the list without being > logged in. > > Tim Lovett wrote: > > Id suggest using a database job but you could always just store when you > > last decreased it date and then on sign in do the decrease. If you plan > > on > > showing other users the points you'd need the job. > > -- > Posted viahttp://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-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=en.
