Background Rake Task Help

Question

I would like to create a Rake task that:

1. checks a column in a table row
2. and if its value is false, sends an email with the row information,
3. and then change the value from false to true.

Does anyone know the best way to approach this?

Answer 1

Write the code to

1. checks a column in a table row
2. and if its value is false, sends an email with the row information,
3. and then change the value from false to true.

After you put this code in a rake task and launch this task

Answer 2

Does anyone know the best way to approach this?

The best way is to create a background rake task using the whenever gem. Use this to check for model instances that have the false column. Create a view template as the basis for the email message and update this with the appropriate information in the rake task. When the e-mail has been sent with success, update the model instances.