C# Timer vs Thread in Service

Question

I have a Service that hits a database every 10 sec and gets the data if there is any. The thing is that processing this data can take up to 30 sec. If I use a Timer with 10 sec

Answer 1

Did you try to set Timer property auto reset to false, and enabling timer again when process of refreshing data is over

using System;

public class PortChat
{
    public static System.Timers.Timer _timer;
    public static void Main()
    {

        _timer = new System.Timers.Timer();
        _timer.AutoReset = false;
        _timer.Interval = 100;
        _timer.Elapsed += new System.Timers.ElapsedEventHandler(_timer_Elapsed);
        _timer.Enabled = true;
        Console.ReadKey();
    }

    static void _timer_Elapsed(object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e)
    {
        //Do database refresh
        _timer.Enabled = true;
    }
}