From fb46714a589c696c4206e2e33c15a99a58ff68c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brandon Keepers <brandon@collectiveidea.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:31:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation about the backends

---
 README.textile | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.textile b/README.textile
index 2a76ed2fb..6cfb15730 100644
--- a/README.textile
+++ b/README.textile
@@ -39,11 +39,22 @@ script/plugin install git://github.com/collectiveidea/delayed_job.git
 
 After delayed_job is installed, run:
 
+h2. Backends
+
+delayed_job supports multiple backends for storing the job queue. The default is Active Record, which requires a jobs table.
+
 <pre>
 script/generate delayed_job
 rake db:migrate
 </pre>
 
+You can change the backend in an initializer:
+
+<pre>
+# config/initializers/delayed_job.rb
+Delayed::Worker.backend = :mongo
+</pre>
+
 h2. Upgrading to 1.8
 
 If you are upgrading from a previous release, you will need to generate the new @script/delayed_job@:
@@ -52,6 +63,8 @@ If you are upgrading from a previous release, you will need to generate the new
 script/generate delayed_job --skip-migration
 </pre>
 
+Known Issues: script/delayed_job does not work properly with anything besides the Active Record backend.  That will be resolved before the next gem release.
+
 h2. Queuing Jobs
 
 Call @#send_later(method, params)@ on any object and it will be processed in the background.