Cool. I didn't know about Celery. Thanks Phillip! On Friday, October 26, 2012 4:11:53 AM UTC-4, Philip wrote: > > I think what you are looking for is Celery (http://celeryproject.org/). > This handles asynchronous tasks in a clean and tidy manor meaning your > normal requests are free to return their responses while processing > continues. You can check the results of tasks later on in another request. > > Regards > Philip > > On 26/10/2012 03:56, dwang wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm new to Django and need some help understanding how threading works > > in Django. I have some data that I'd like to recompute periodically in > > the background and have it shared between requests. If I start a > > thread in one of the view functions (e.g. my_thread.start()), would > > Django kill this thread at some point? What if I start the thread in > > the main function before entering the server loop? > > Does Django handle each request in a separate process with its own > > interpreter instance? > > Where can I find a good explanation of how thread management works in > > Django? > > > > Any pointers would be greatly appreciated! > > Danyao > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Django users" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/UlalOvj7a9EJ. > > To post to this group, send email to > > django...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > -- > > Philip Mountifield > Formac Electronics Ltd > tel +44 (0) 1225 837333 > fax +44 (0) 1225 430995 > > pmount...@formac.net <javascript:> > www.formac.net > www.telgas.net > >
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