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

I don't see any problems with using Sleep at all other than you might end up with ugly code.

To answer your question:

public class MyTest
{
    System.Threading.Timer _timer;


    public MyTest()
    {
       _timer = new Timer(WorkMethod, 15000, 15000);
    }


    public void WorkMethod()
    {
       _timer.Change(Timeout.Infinite, Timeout.Infinite); // suspend timer

       // do work

       _timer.Change(15000, 15000); //resume

    }
}