Observer doesn't work properly... in development?

Rails
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Hey all!

Ok, weird problem with observer. Most of the time, the after_create
of UserObserver isn’t called. It’s like it just skips it altogether.
However, when I stop the server, add a line “debugger” in the
after_create block, and restart the server with the debugger option,
and try creating a user again, the callback is executed! If I remove
the debugger in the block and restart the server, it’s back to
ignoring it. Another thing, if I leave the debugger line in the
after_create block, but restart the server without the debugger
option, when I create a user I see in the logs:

***** Debugger requested, but was not available: Start server with
–debugger to enable *****

So, it tells me that it somewhat enters the after_create method but
doesn’t execute my BackgroundRB Middleman job?

Anyone else see this behavior before?

I asked around in #rubyonrails in freenode and someone mentioned that
it might be because I’m running it in development mode. He vaguely
remembers a way to run observers properly. I want it to run in
development too, of course. Funny thing is, as far as I can tell, my
after_save methods are always called.

I hope you guys can help.

Thanks!

Ramon T.

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I transferred the callback to the model, and it seems that it’s the
same problem. I think the problem lies in BackgroundRB then, not
Rails or the observer. Thanks for reading my previous mail though!
Off to the backgroundrb mailing list.

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Ramon Miguel M. Tayag
[email protected] wrote:

option, when I create a user I see in the logs:
it might be because I’m running it in development mode. He vaguely
remembers a way to run observers properly. I want it to run in
development too, of course. Funny thing is, as far as I can tell, my
after_save methods are always called.

I hope you guys can help.

Thanks!

Ramon T.

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Ramon T.

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Thanks conrad this’ll be useful :slight_smile:

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Conrad T. [email protected]
wrote:

Hey all!

remembers a way to run observers properly. I want it to run in
Hi Ramon, I would recommend creating an environment file called staging.rb
development.rb to work like the production.rb.
Good luck,
-Conard

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Ramon T.

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On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 3:53 AM, Ramon Miguel M. Tayag <
[email protected]> wrote:

Ok, weird problem with observer. Most of the time, the after_create
–debugger to enable *****
after_save methods are always called.

I hope you guys can help.

Thanks!

Ramon T.

Hi Ramon, I would recommend creating an environment file called
staging.rb
by doing the following:

cd <RAILS_APP_ROOT>/config/environments

cp production.rd staging.rb

Next, you’ll need to create staging section within your database.yml
located
in cd <RAILS_APP_ROOT>/config

cd <RAILS_APP_ROOT>

script/server staging

In short, your staging environment will be used to mimic the actual
production environment without hitting the
production server. You don’t really want to start changing the
development.rb to work like the production.rb.

Good luck,

-Conard