Basic delayed job implementation

db/migrate/20141111105931_create_delayed_jobs.rb

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+class CreateDelayedJobs < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    create_table :delayed_jobs, :force => true do |table|
+      table.integer :priority, :default => 0, :null => false # Allows some jobs to jump to the front of the queue
+      table.integer :attempts, :default => 0, :null => false # Provides for retries, but still fail eventually.
+      table.text :handler, :null => false                    # YAML-encoded string of the object that will do work
+      table.text :last_error                                 # reason for last failure (See Note below)
+      table.datetime :run_at                                 # When to run. Could be Time.zone.now for immediately, or sometime in the future.
+      table.datetime :locked_at                              # Set when a client is working on this object
+      table.datetime :failed_at                              # Set when all retries have failed (actually, by default, the record is deleted instead)
+      table.string :locked_by                                # Who is working on this object (if locked)
+      table.string :queue                                    # The name of the queue this job is in
+      table.timestamps
+    end
+
+    add_index :delayed_jobs, [:priority, :run_at], :name => 'delayed_jobs_priority'
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    drop_table :delayed_jobs
+  end
+end