how to use threading or some thing in my code

Question

Hi,

I have a code snippet, which is kept inside the timer control.

Steps

1. This timer will hit the database every 2 seconds and get the records which the status is false.

2. Pause the timer to process the top 1 record.

3. After getting the records, take the top 1 record and processes functionality.

4. Start the timer after processing the top 1 record.

The above code working well for record by record.

Now I want to enhance this code to process the records parallel processing, like if multiple users submitted the request then my code should process every users request at a time.

Please tell me some suggestions to achieve the new functionality.

Thanks

satheesh babu · Answer

Thank you Raghav for your quick response. I am using few variables in my code, Can we manage these variables because my first request (first thread instance)variable values are replacing with second request values (2nd thread instance). Can we manage these type of things?

Raghav Jhavar · Answer

You can use a new thread to process each record in your timer. This will open new threads to process each record so it won't wait till the previous record is finished processing. This way you can process multiple records at once. So instead of: private void timer_Tick (object sender, EventArgs e) { //yourCodeSnippet } You can do: using System.Threading; private void timer_Tick (object sender, EventArgs e) { Thread th = new Thread(() => { //yourCodeSnippet } }