juanseph

juanseph

Hi, I am doing a phoenix app that uses erlang odbc

I want to boot the erlang odbc application (:odbc.start()) when starting the phoenix app. My understanding is that the way to do it is to add it to the supervised children

Something like the following

  def start(_type, _args) do
    import Supervisor.Spec

    # Define workers and child supervisors to be supervised
    children = [
      Alerts.Repo,
      supervisor(:odbc, []),
      supervisor(AlertsWeb.Endpoint, []),
      if(System.get_env() != :test, do: Alerts.Scheduler)
    ]

    # See https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Supervisor.html
    # for other strategies and supported options
    opts = [strategy: :one_for_one, name: Alerts.Supervisor]
    Supervisor.start_link(children, opts)
  end

What kind of children specification should I provide?

Thanks

Showing Posts 1 to 2

NobbZ

NobbZ

:odbc is already a supervised application contained in the Erlang standard distribution, just add it to your mix.exs as :extra_applications.

There is no need to add it to your supervision tree.

dimitarvp

dimitarvp

As a general code readability advice, change your code to this:

    children =
      [
        Alerts.Repo,
        supervisor(:odbc, []),
        supervisor(AlertsWeb.Endpoint, [])
      ]
      ++ extra_children(System.get_env())
...

def extra_children(:test), do: []
def extra_children(_), do: [Alerts.Scheduler]
— All posts loaded —

Where Next? Top

Trending in Questions Top

katta
I having some trouble figuring out if I have set myself too strict of standards for my production server. Currently I can handle 75% of r...
New
brecabral
Documentation While reading the Scoped Routes section, I noticed that the documentation currently refers to a problem without explainin...
New
nseaSeb
Hello, I know there is an approach for handling lists that allows for optimized traversal, but I can’t recall the specific method (somet...
New
achenet
Hello, I’m trying to build a basic Phoenix web-app, and I’d like to use Tailwind. However, when I launch mix phx.server, I get an error...
New
kpanic
Hi everyone, I am toying with the idea of building a “match maker” for giving personal help to people that wants to start coding. I sta...
New
velrest
So my question is quite simple and i have found no conclusive answer on forum, google or AI. Should we use :erlang.float for Integer to ...
New
asweet-confluent
I recently noticed that Elixir’s Logger defaults its primary log level to :debug when no :logger, :level application configuration is pre...
New

Other Trending Topics Top

GenericJam
Edit: 2026 May 15 - This post is archived. Mob is alive!! Main docs: mob v0.7.11 — Documentation A bit of explanation for the slightly c...
New
JesseHerrick
Hey, I’m Jesse and I’m the main contributor behind Dexter, a full-featured, lightning-fast Elixir LSP optimized for large codebases. It s...
New
mudasobwa
I am happy to introduce the very α version of the new programming language compiled to BEAM. Welcome Cure. It has literally three kille...
New
garrison
Hobbes is a low-level distributed database for the Elixir programming language. Hobbes provides a simple, safe, and scalable storage lay...
New
mhanberg
Hi everyone! The first release candidate for the Expert language server project is now available! We’ve published a press release detai...
New
budgie
A little off-topic, but I feel like people here have a good head on their shoulders. I used to be quite good at making software. Was luc...
New

We're in Beta

About us Mission Statement

Options

Thread Display Mode




Thread Preview

Skip Thread Previews