Is this thread.abort() normal and safe?

Question

I created a custom autocomplete control, when the user press a key it queries the database server (using Remoting) on another thread. When the user types very fast, the pro

Answer 1

There are many warnings all over the net about using Thread.Abort. I would recommend avoiding it unless it's really needed, which in this case, I don't think it is. You'd be better off just implementing a one-shot timer, with maybe a half-second timeout, and resetting it on each keystroke. This way your expensive operation would only occur after a half-second or more (or whatever length you choose) of user inactivity.