DBLock

Gem to obtain and release manual db locks. This can be utilized for example to make sure that certain rake tasks do not run in parallel on the same database (for example when cron jobs run for too long or are accidentally started multiple times). Currently only supports:

• MySQL
• Microsoft SQL Server

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'db_lock'

then run bundle

Usage

DBLock::Lock.get('name_of_lock', 5) do
  # code here
end

Before the code block is executed, it will attempt to acquire a mysql db lock for X seconds (5 in this example). If this fails it will raise an DBLock::AlreadyLocked error. The lock is released after the block is executed, even if the block raised an error itself.

The current implementation uses a class variable to store lock state so it is not thread save when using multiple threads to aquire/release locks.

Smart lock name

If you prefix the lock with a . in a Rails application, . will be automatically replaced with YourAppName.environment (production/development/etc).

Development

You will have to rename/copy config/database_mysql_example.yml to config/database_mysql.yml and adjust it to your local settings. Same with the MS SQL configuration file.