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