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

Use Thread.Abort only as a last-resort measure when you are exiting application and KNOW that all IMPORTANT resources are released safely.

Otherwise, don't do it. It's even worse then

try
{
//  do stuff
}
catch { } //  gulp the exception, don't do anything about it

safety net...