Ruby on Rails: Error when running a rake task from initializer file

Question

I have the file config/initializers/custom.rb

In the file, there is only one line:

`rake thinking_sphinx:start`

I thought this was supposed to just execute the line like when typing it from a command line. With this line of code, when I run "ruby script/server", the server freezes and outputs no error messages. Am I missing something?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Initializers load when your application loads. Rake tasks generally load your application. If you call a Rake task from an initializer, you're going to throw your app for a loop.

If you're worried about forgetting to start Sphinx in development, just give yourself a little warning:

# config/initializers/custom.rb
begin
  ThinkingSphinx::Search.search "test" # test search
rescue ThinkingSphinx::ConnectionError
  puts "** Oops! ThinkingSphinx is off! **"
end

Answer 2

I asked about how to get it to start up in dev mode via netbeans but the idea is the same. Bounty is still open.

My guess is that your not getting to the server starting because sphinx needs it's own process so it never returns to your custom initializer.