delayed_job_with_server_id 1.8.5

data/.gitignore

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+*.gem

data/MIT-LICENSE

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+Copyright (c) 2005 Tobias Luetke
+
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+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

data/README.textile

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+h1. Delayed::Job
+
+Delated_job (or DJ) encapsulates the common pattern of asynchronously executing longer tasks in the background. 
+
+It is a direct extraction from Shopify where the job table is responsible for a multitude of core tasks. Amongst those tasks are:
+
+* sending massive newsletters
+* image resizing
+* http downloads
+* updating smart collections
+* updating solr, our search server, after product changes
+* batch imports 
+* spam checks 
+
+h2. Installation
+
+To install as a gem, add the following to @config/environment.rb@:
+
+<pre>
+config.gem 'delayed_job'
+</pre>
+
+Rake tasks are not automatically loaded from gems, so you'll need to add the following to your Rakefile:
+
+<pre>
+begin
+  require 'delayed/tasks'
+rescue LoadError
+  STDERR.puts "Run `rake gems:install` to install delayed_job"
+end
+</pre>
+
+To install as a plugin:
+
+<pre>
+script/plugin install git://github.com/collectiveidea/delayed_job.git
+</pre>
+
+After delayed_job is installed, run:
+
+<pre>
+script/generate delayed_job
+rake db:migrate
+</pre>
+
+h2. Queuing Jobs
+
+Call @#send_later(method, params)@ on any object and it will be processed in the background.
+
+<pre>
+# without delayed_job
+Notifier.deliver_signup(@user)
+
+# with delayed_job
+Notifier.send_later :deliver_signup, @user
+</pre>
+
+If a method should always be run in the background, you can call @#handle_asynchronously@ after the method declaration:
+
+<pre>
+class Device
+  def deliver
+    # long running method
+  end
+  handle_asynchronously :deliver
+end
+
+device = Device.new
+device.deliver
+</pre>
+
+h2. Running Jobs
+
+Workers can be running on any computer, as long as they have access to the database and their clock is in sync. Keep in mind that each worker will check the database at least every 5 seconds.
+
+You can invoke @rake jobs:work@ which will start working off jobs. You can cancel the rake task with @CTRL-C@. 
+If you need to specify certain server for running certain jobs : @rake jobs:work SERVER_ID="the_server_id"@
+
+h2. Custom Jobs
+
+Jobs are simple ruby objects with a method called perform. Any object which responds to perform can be stuffed into the jobs table. Job objects are serialized to yaml so that they can later be resurrected by the job runner. 
+
+<pre>
+class User
+  def self.run_job
+    some actions here . . . . . .
+  end
+end
+
+class TestDelayedJob < Struct.new()
+  def perform
+    User.run_job
+  end
+end
+
+#Delayed::Job.enqueue(:task, :priority, :run_at, :server_id)
+Delayed::Job.enqueue(TestDelayedJob.new(), 0, Time.now, "the_server_id")
+</pre>
+
+h2. Gory Details
+
+We add "server" as a new attribute fot the delayed job table.
+
+<pre>
+  create_table :delayed_jobs, :force => true do |table|
+    table.integer  :priority, :default => 0      # Allows some jobs to jump to the front of the queue
+    table.integer  :attempts, :default => 0      # Provides for retries, but still fail eventually.
+    table.text     :handler                      # YAML-encoded string of the object that will do work
+    table.text   :last_error                   # reason for last failure (See Note below)
+    table.datetime :run_at                       # When to run. Could be Time.zone.now for immediately, or sometime in the future.
+    table.datetime :locked_at                    # Set when a client is working on this object
+    table.datetime :failed_at                    # Set when all retries have failed (actually, by default, the record is deleted instead)
+    table.string   :locked_by                    # Who is working on this object (if locked)
+	table.string   :server
+    table.timestamps
+  end
+</pre>
+
+If the server_id is given to a worker, this worker will be responsible to handle all the jobs marked with the same server_id only.
+On the other hand, if no server_id is given to the worker, it will handle all jobs having nil server_id.
+
+
+h3. Cleaning up
+
+You can invoke @rake jobs:clear@ to delete all jobs in the queue.
+
+

data/Rakefile

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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+begin
+  require 'jeweler'
+rescue LoadError
+  puts "Jeweler not available. Install it with: sudo gem install jeweler"
+  exit 1
+end
+
+Jeweler::Tasks.new do |s|
+  s.name     = "delayed_job"
+  s.summary  = "Database-backed asynchronous priority queue system -- Extracted from Shopify"
+  s.email    = "tobi@leetsoft.com"
+  s.homepage = "http://github.com/collectiveidea/delayed_job"
+  s.description = "Delayed_job (or DJ) encapsulates the common pattern of asynchronously executing longer tasks in the background. It is a direct extraction from Shopify where the job table is responsible for a multitude of core tasks."
+  s.authors  = ["Brandon Keepers", "Tobias Lütke"]
+  
+  s.has_rdoc = true
+  s.rdoc_options = ["--main", "README.textile", "--inline-source", "--line-numbers"]
+  s.extra_rdoc_files = ["README.textile"]
+  
+  s.test_files = Dir['spec/**/*']
+end
+
+require 'spec/rake/spectask'
+
+task :default => :spec
+
+desc 'Run the specs'
+Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:spec) do |t|
+  t.libs << 'lib'
+  t.pattern = 'spec/**/*_spec.rb'
+  t.verbose = true
+end
+

data/VERSION

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+1.8.5

data/contrib/delayed_job.monitrc

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+# an example Monit configuration file for delayed_job
+# See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1226302/how-to-monitor-delayedjob-with-monit/1285611
+#
+# To use:
+# 1. copy to /var/www/apps/{app_name}/shared/delayed_job.monitrc
+# 2. replace {app_name} as appropriate
+# 3. add this to your /etc/monit/monitrc
+#
+#   include /var/www/apps/{app_name}/shared/delayed_job.monitrc
+
+check process delayed_job
+  with pidfile /var/www/apps/{app_name}/shared/pids/delayed_job.pid
+  start program = "/usr/bin/env RAILS_ENV=production /var/www/apps/{app_name}/current/script/delayed_job start"
+  stop program = "/usr/bin/env RAILS_ENV=production /var/www/apps/{app_name}/current/script/delayed_job stop"

data/delayed_job.gemspec

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+# Generated by jeweler
+# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY
+# Instead, edit Jeweler::Tasks in Rakefile, and run the gemspec command
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name = "delayed_job_with_server_id"
+  s.version = "1.8.5"
+
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+  s.authors = ["Rofaida Awad", "Mostafa Ragab", "Brandon Keepers", "Tobias L\303\274tke"]
+  s.date = "2010-10-24"
+  s.description = %q{Delayed_job (or DJ) encapsulates the common pattern of asynchronously executing longer tasks in the background. It is a direct extraction from Shopify where the job table is responsible for a multitude of core tasks.}
+  s.email = "ragab.mostafa@gmail.com"
+  s.extra_rdoc_files = [
+    "README.textile"
+  ]
+  s.files = [
+    ".gitignore",
+     "MIT-LICENSE",
+     "README.textile",
+     "Rakefile",
+     "VERSION",
+     "contrib/delayed_job.monitrc",
+     "delayed_job.gemspec",
+     "generators/delayed_job/delayed_job_generator.rb",
+     "generators/delayed_job/templates/migration.rb",
+     "generators/delayed_job/templates/script",
+     "init.rb",
+     "lib/delayed/command.rb",
+     "lib/delayed/job.rb",
+     "lib/delayed/message_sending.rb",
+     "lib/delayed/performable_method.rb",
+     "lib/delayed/recipes.rb",
+     "lib/delayed/tasks.rb",
+     "lib/delayed/worker.rb",
+     "lib/delayed_job.rb",
+     "recipes/delayed_job.rb",
+     "spec/database.rb",
+     "spec/delayed_method_spec.rb",
+     "spec/job_spec.rb",
+     "spec/story_spec.rb",
+     "tasks/jobs.rake"
+  ]
+  s.homepage = %q{http://github.com/collectiveidea/delayed_job}
+  s.rdoc_options = ["--main", "README.textile", "--inline-source", "--line-numbers"]
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+  s.rubygems_version = %q{1.3.5}
+  s.summary = %q{Database-backed asynchronous priority queue system -- Extracted from Shopify}
+  s.test_files = [
+    "spec/database.rb",
+     "spec/delayed_method_spec.rb",
+     "spec/job_spec.rb",
+     "spec/story_spec.rb"
+  ]
+
+  if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
+    current_version = Gem::Specification::CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION
+    s.specification_version = 3
+
+    if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
+    else
+    end
+  else
+  end
+end
+

data/generators/delayed_job/delayed_job_generator.rb

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+class DelayedJobGenerator < Rails::Generator::Base
+  default_options :skip_migration => false
+  
+  def manifest
+    record do |m|
+      m.template 'script', 'script/delayed_job', :chmod => 0755
+      unless options[:skip_migration]
+        m.migration_template "migration.rb", 'db/migrate',
+                             :migration_file_name => "create_delayed_jobs"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  
+protected
+
+  def add_options!(opt)
+    opt.separator ''
+    opt.separator 'Options:'
+    opt.on("--skip-migration", "Don't generate a migration") { |v| options[:skip_migration] = v }
+  end
+  
+end

data/generators/delayed_job/templates/migration.rb

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+class CreateDelayedJobs < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    create_table :delayed_jobs, :force => true do |table|
+      table.integer  :priority, :default => 0      # Allows some jobs to jump to the front of the queue
+      table.integer  :attempts, :default => 0      # Provides for retries, but still fail eventually.
+      table.text     :handler                      # YAML-encoded string of the object that will do work
+      table.text     :last_error                   # reason for last failure (See Note below)
+      table.datetime :run_at                       # When to run. Could be Time.zone.now for immediately, or sometime in the future.
+      table.datetime :locked_at                    # Set when a client is working on this object
+      table.datetime :failed_at                    # Set when all retries have failed (actually, by default, the record is deleted instead)
+      table.string   :locked_by                    # Who is working on this object (if locked)
+	  t.string   	 :server                       # Who is server should be working on this object
+      table.timestamps
+    end
+
+  end
+  
+  def self.down
+    drop_table :delayed_jobs  
+  end
+end

data/generators/delayed_job/templates/script

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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'config', 'environment'))
+require 'delayed/command'
+Delayed::Command.new(ARGV).daemonize

data/init.rb

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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/lib/delayed_job'

data/lib/delayed/command.rb

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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'daemons'
+require 'optparse'
+
+module Delayed
+  class Command
+    attr_accessor :worker_count
+    
+    def initialize(args)
+      @files_to_reopen = []
+      @options = {:quiet => true}
+      
+      @worker_count = 1
+      
+      opts = OptionParser.new do |opts|
+        opts.banner = "Usage: #{File.basename($0)} [options] start|stop|restart|run"
+
+        opts.on('-h', '--help', 'Show this message') do
+          puts opts
+          exit 1
+        end
+        opts.on('-e', '--environment=NAME', 'Specifies the environment to run this delayed jobs under (test/development/production).') do |e|
+          STDERR.puts "The -e/--environment option has been deprecated and has no effect. Use RAILS_ENV and see http://github.com/collectiveidea/delayed_job/issues/#issue/7"
+        end
+        opts.on('--min-priority N', 'Minimum priority of jobs to run.') do |n|
+          @options[:min_priority] = n
+        end
+        opts.on('--max-priority N', 'Maximum priority of jobs to run.') do |n|
+          @options[:max_priority] = n
+        end
+        opts.on('-n', '--number_of_workers=workers', "Number of unique workers to spawn") do |worker_count|
+          @worker_count = worker_count.to_i rescue 1
+        end
+      end
+      @args = opts.parse!(args)
+    end
+  
+    def daemonize
+      ObjectSpace.each_object(File) do |file|
+        @files_to_reopen << file unless file.closed?
+      end
+      
+      worker_count.times do |worker_index|
+        process_name = worker_count == 1 ? "delayed_job" : "delayed_job.#{worker_index}"
+        Daemons.run_proc(process_name, :dir => "#{RAILS_ROOT}/tmp/pids", :dir_mode => :normal, :ARGV => @args) do |*args|
+          run process_name
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    
+    def run(worker_name = nil)
+      Dir.chdir(RAILS_ROOT)
+      
+      # Re-open file handles
+      @files_to_reopen.each do |file|
+        begin
+          file.reopen File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'log', 'delayed_job.log'), 'a+'
+          file.sync = true
+        rescue ::Exception
+        end
+      end
+      
+      Delayed::Worker.logger = Rails.logger
+      if Delayed::Worker.logger.respond_to? :auto_flushing=
+        Delayed::Worker.logger.auto_flushing = true
+      end
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.reconnect!
+      
+      Delayed::Job.worker_name = "#{worker_name} #{Delayed::Job.worker_name}"
+      
+      Delayed::Worker.new(@options).start  
+    rescue => e
+      Rails.logger.fatal e
+      STDERR.puts e.message
+      exit 1
+    end
+    
+  end
+end

data/lib/delayed/job.rb

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+require 'timeout'
+
+module Delayed
+
+  class DeserializationError < StandardError
+  end
+
+  # A job object that is persisted to the database.
+  # Contains the work object as a YAML field.
+  class Job < ActiveRecord::Base
+    @@max_attempts = 25
+    @@max_run_time = 4.hours
+    
+    cattr_accessor :max_attempts, :max_run_time
+    
+    set_table_name :delayed_jobs
+
+    # By default failed jobs are destroyed after too many attempts.
+    # If you want to keep them around (perhaps to inspect the reason
+    # for the failure), set this to false.
+    cattr_accessor :destroy_failed_jobs
+    self.destroy_failed_jobs = true
+
+    # Every worker has a unique name which by default is the pid of the process.
+    # There are some advantages to overriding this with something which survives worker retarts:
+    # Workers can safely resume working on tasks which are locked by themselves. The worker will assume that it crashed before.
+    @@worker_name = nil
+
+    def self.worker_name
+      return @@worker_name unless @@worker_name.nil?
+      "host:#{Socket.gethostname} pid:#{Process.pid}" rescue "pid:#{Process.pid}"
+    end
+
+    def self.worker_name=(val)
+      @@worker_name = val
+    end
+
+    def worker_name
+      self.class.worker_name
+    end
+
+    def worker_name=(val)
+      @@worker_name = val
+    end
+
+    NextTaskSQL         = '(run_at <= ? AND (locked_at IS NULL OR locked_at < ?) OR (locked_by = ?)) AND failed_at IS NULL'
+    NextTaskOrder       = 'priority DESC, run_at ASC'
+
+    ParseObjectFromYaml = /\!ruby\/\w+\:([^\s]+)/
+
+    cattr_accessor :min_priority, :max_priority, :server_id
+    self.min_priority = nil
+    self.max_priority = nil
+	self.server_id = nil
+
+    # When a worker is exiting, make sure we don't have any locked jobs.
+    def self.clear_locks!
+      update_all("locked_by = null, locked_at = null", ["locked_by = ?", worker_name])
+    end
+
+    def failed?
+      failed_at
+    end
+    alias_method :failed, :failed?
+
+    def payload_object
+      @payload_object ||= deserialize(self['handler'])
+    end
+
+    def name
+      @name ||= begin
+        payload = payload_object
+        if payload.respond_to?(:display_name)
+          payload.display_name
+        else
+          payload.class.name
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def payload_object=(object)
+      self['handler'] = object.to_yaml
+    end
+
+    # Reschedule the job in the future (when a job fails).
+    # Uses an exponential scale depending on the number of failed attempts.
+    def reschedule(message, backtrace = [], time = nil)
+      self.last_error   = message + "\n" + backtrace.join("\n")
+
+      if (self.attempts += 1) < max_attempts
+        time ||= Job.db_time_now + (attempts ** 4) + 5
+
+        self.run_at       = time
+        self.unlock
+        save!
+      else
+        logger.info "* [JOB] PERMANENTLY removing #{self.name} because of #{attempts} consecutive failures."
+        destroy_failed_jobs ? destroy : update_attribute(:failed_at, Delayed::Job.db_time_now)
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    # Try to run one job. Returns true/false (work done/work failed) or nil if job can't be locked.
+    def run_with_lock(max_run_time, worker_name)
+      logger.info "* [JOB] acquiring lock on #{name}"
+      unless lock_exclusively!(max_run_time, worker_name)
+        # We did not get the lock, some other worker process must have
+        logger.warn "* [JOB] failed to acquire exclusive lock for #{name}"
+        return nil # no work done
+      end
+
+      begin
+        runtime =  Benchmark.realtime do
+          Timeout.timeout(max_run_time.to_i) { invoke_job }
+          destroy
+        end
+        # TODO: warn if runtime > max_run_time ?
+        logger.info "* [JOB] #{name} completed after %.4f" % runtime
+        return true  # did work
+      rescue Exception => e
+        reschedule e.message, e.backtrace
+        log_exception(e)
+        return false  # work failed
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Add a job to the queue
+    def self.enqueue(*args, &block)
+      object = block_given? ? EvaledJob.new(&block) : args.shift
+
+      unless object.respond_to?(:perform) || block_given?
+        raise ArgumentError, 'Cannot enqueue items which do not respond to perform'
+      end
+    
+      priority = args.first || 0
+      run_at   = args[1]
+	  server = args[2]
+
+      Job.create(:payload_object => object, :priority => priority.to_i, :run_at => run_at, :server => server)
+    end
+
+    # Find a few candidate jobs to run (in case some immediately get locked by others).
+    def self.find_available(limit = 5, max_run_time = max_run_time)
+
+      time_now = db_time_now
+
+      sql = NextTaskSQL.dup
+
+      conditions = [time_now, time_now - max_run_time, worker_name]
+
+      if self.min_priority
+        sql << ' AND (priority >= ?)'
+        conditions << min_priority
+      end
+
+      if self.max_priority
+        sql << ' AND (priority <= ?)'
+        conditions << max_priority
+      end
+		
+	  if self.server_id
+        sql << ' AND server = ?'
+        conditions << server_id
+      else
+		sql << ' AND server is ?'
+        conditions << nil
+	  end
+	  
+	  
+      conditions.unshift(sql)
+
+      ActiveRecord::Base.silence do
+        find(:all, :conditions => conditions, :order => NextTaskOrder, :limit => limit)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Run the next job we can get an exclusive lock on.
+    # If no jobs are left we return nil
+    def self.reserve_and_run_one_job(max_run_time = max_run_time)
+
+      # We get up to 5 jobs from the db. In case we cannot get exclusive access to a job we try the next.
+      # this leads to a more even distribution of jobs across the worker processes
+      find_available(5, max_run_time).each do |job|
+        t = job.run_with_lock(max_run_time, worker_name)
+        return t unless t == nil  # return if we did work (good or bad)
+      end
+
+      nil # we didn't do any work, all 5 were not lockable
+    end
+	
+	# Run a specific job.
+    # If no jobs are left we return nil
+    def self.work_on(id, server_id, max_run_time = MAX_RUN_TIME)
+      # We get up to 5 jobs from the db. In case we cannot get exclusive access to a job we try the next.
+      # this leads to a more even distribution of jobs across the worker processes
+      job = find(id)
+			if job
+				if job.server == nil || job.server == server_id # the job may be run by this or any server.
+					t = job.run_with_lock(max_run_time, worker_name)
+				else
+   	  		puts "Job #{id} is not for server #{server_id}."
+					return nil
+				end
+			end
+      
+      return t unless t == nil  # return if we did work (good or bad)
+
+      nil # we didn't do any work, all 5 were not lockable
+    end
+	
+    # Lock this job for this worker.
+    # Returns true if we have the lock, false otherwise.
+    def lock_exclusively!(max_run_time, worker = worker_name)
+      now = self.class.db_time_now
+      affected_rows = if locked_by != worker
+        # We don't own this job so we will update the locked_by name and the locked_at
+        self.class.update_all(["locked_at = ?, locked_by = ?", now, worker], ["id = ? and (locked_at is null or locked_at < ?) and (run_at <= ?)", id, (now - max_run_time.to_i), now])
+      else
+        # We already own this job, this may happen if the job queue crashes.
+        # Simply resume and update the locked_at
+        self.class.update_all(["locked_at = ?", now], ["id = ? and locked_by = ?", id, worker])
+      end
+      if affected_rows == 1
+        self.locked_at    = now
+        self.locked_by    = worker
+        return true
+      else
+        return false
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Unlock this job (note: not saved to DB)
+    def unlock
+      self.locked_at    = nil
+      self.locked_by    = nil
+    end
+
+    # This is a good hook if you need to report job processing errors in additional or different ways
+    def log_exception(error)
+      logger.error "* [JOB] #{name} failed with #{error.class.name}: #{error.message} - #{attempts} failed attempts"
+      logger.error(error)
+    end
+
+    # Do num jobs and return stats on success/failure.
+    # Exit early if interrupted.
+    def self.work_off(num = 100)
+      success, failure = 0, 0
+
+      num.times do
+        case self.reserve_and_run_one_job
+        when true
+            success += 1
+        when false
+            failure += 1
+        else
+          break  # leave if no work could be done
+        end
+        break if $exit # leave if we're exiting
+      end
+
+      return [success, failure]
+    end
+
+    # Moved into its own method so that new_relic can trace it.
+    def invoke_job
+      payload_object.perform
+    end
+
+  private
+
+    def deserialize(source)
+      handler = YAML.load(source) rescue nil
+
+      unless handler.respond_to?(:perform)
+        if handler.nil? && source =~ ParseObjectFromYaml
+          handler_class = $1
+        end
+        attempt_to_load(handler_class || handler.class)
+        handler = YAML.load(source)
+      end
+
+      return handler if handler.respond_to?(:perform)
+
+      raise DeserializationError,
+        'Job failed to load: Unknown handler. Try to manually require the appropriate file.'
+    rescue TypeError, LoadError, NameError => e
+      raise DeserializationError,
+        "Job failed to load: #{e.message}. Try to manually require the required file."
+    end
+
+    # Constantize the object so that ActiveSupport can attempt
+    # its auto loading magic. Will raise LoadError if not successful.
+    def attempt_to_load(klass)
+       klass.constantize
+    end
+
+    # Get the current time (GMT or local depending on DB)
+    # Note: This does not ping the DB to get the time, so all your clients
+    # must have syncronized clocks.
+    def self.db_time_now
+      (ActiveRecord::Base.default_timezone == :utc) ? Time.now.utc : Time.zone.now
+    end
+
+  protected
+
+    def before_save
+      self.run_at ||= self.class.db_time_now
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  class EvaledJob
+    def initialize
+      @job = yield
+    end
+
+    def perform
+      eval(@job)
+    end
+  end
+end