[Rails] Simple system for asynchronous SQL queries

There has to be something like this... I have some tracking related SQL queries that are slow and don't need to happen in the request cycle. Is it possible to dump them to some text file and then read them in a daemon and send them to MySQL? What would be the simplest way of implementing this?

[Rails] Re: Simple system for asynchronous SQL queries

Should note that I already have delayed_job running, but it seems a bit silly to create a job (in the database) that just executes a SQL query, even if the SQL query is running take significantly longer than creating the job. Robert Matei wrote: There has to be something like this... I have

[Rails] Re: A/B testing stats plugins?

Thanks for the link, Steve. It's clarified what Website Optimizer is capable of a little bit, but it still doesn't cover what I want to test. The problem is that it defines conversions as singular events. There doesn't seem to be a way to test what I mentioned above. I develop Facebook apps,

[Rails] A/B testing stats plugins?

Is there nothing like this in the Rails world? I've been looking for a good testing framework for months, not finding anything, so I've just been building my own. This is what I want to do: - track arbitrary behaviors (e.g. photos viewed, comments posted) - track correlation between arbitrary

[Rails] Who can consult with me on scaling and architecture?

I'd love to pay someone who has serious scaling experience to talk with me about how to plan for scaling. I'm developing a network of applications in Rails that could see tens of millions of users. I'm in way over my head, so I'd like to talk to someone who's been through it before. I want to

[Rails] Recommend an upmarket host

I have limited scaling experience and I'm expending too much energy keeping my servers up. Fortunately now I can afford to pay more. Here's what I want: - tools to easily manage multiple servers - tools to easily cluster my apps - tools / people to automatically configure apache, mysql, etc. -

[Rails] How to share components between apps

I know you're gonnna say plugins, but bear with me. I'm a Facebook app developer, and I have an array of different ones going. I want them all to work off the same basic framework I've created, but I'm not sure what the best way to do that is. This is what I want to share: - various filters in