# Threads in rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/threads-in-rails/193840>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 25, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/threads-in-rails/193840 "2010-08-25T12:08:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miked)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/threads-in-rails/193840/1 "2010-08-25T12:08:06Z")

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Hi,  
I have to use the threads in my application .  
Can anyone point me to any available tutorial of threads?

Thanks,  
Mike

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**Author:** ![miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miked)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/threads-in-rails/193840/2 "2010-08-25T16:16:03Z")

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2010/8/25 Mike D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

> Hi,  
> I have to use the threads in my application .  
> Can anyone point me to any available tutorial of threads?

Threading is not common in Rails. I just helped you googling for it.

> **[Threading in Rails](https://bibwild.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/threading-in-rails/)**
>
> 14 Nov 2011. This is all very outdated, written for Rails 2.1. Please see my updated post on multi-threaded ActiveRecord access.  5 February 2009: I note that this post is still getting a lot of hi…

> Thanks,  
> Mike

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**Author:** ![miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miked)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/threads-in-rails/193840/3 "2010-08-25T16:25:20Z")

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Mike D. wrote:

> Hi,  
> I have to use the threads in my application .

Why? What are you trying to achieve? Just asking for a specific  
implementation is not likely to be that helpful…

> Can anyone point me to any available tutorial of threads?
> 
> Thanks,  
> Mike

## Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
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