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Dan
Hi

Is Microsoft's Sqlhelper.cs (Microsoft Application Blocks for .NET -
Data Access) Thread safe?

The documentation has no references to threads.

Thanks

Dan
Nov 15 '05 #1
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Dan,

I would say probably not. For most of the classes in the framework (and
those classes outside of it, but still written by microsoft, like the Data
Block), the instances are not guaranteed to be thread safe (but the static
methods usually are).

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard. caspershouse.co m

"Dan" <da*********@ho tmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi

Is Microsoft's Sqlhelper.cs (Microsoft Application Blocks for .NET -
Data Access) Thread safe?

The documentation has no references to threads.

Thanks

Dan

Nov 15 '05 #2
What exactly does it mean for a class to be thread safe? My guess would be
something along the lines of whether you can create two instances of the
same class in two different threads. But why exactly would this ever be a
problem??

Thanks!

mark

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard .caspershouse.c om> wrote in
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Dan,

I would say probably not. For most of the classes in the framework (and those classes outside of it, but still written by microsoft, like the Data
Block), the instances are not guaranteed to be thread safe (but the static
methods usually are).

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard. caspershouse.co m

"Dan" <da*********@ho tmail.com> wrote in message
news:cc******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...
Hi

Is Microsoft's Sqlhelper.cs (Microsoft Application Blocks for .NET -
Data Access) Thread safe?

The documentation has no references to threads.

Thanks

Dan


Nov 15 '05 #3
Hi Mark,

Thread safe means that you can invoke any method or read/write any
field/property from whatever thread and don't be concerned about integrity
of data (IOW it don't make kaboooom when two threads access the same data
).

--
Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & software development
miha at rthand com

"Mark" <mf****@idonotl ikespam.cce.umn .edu> wrote in message
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What exactly does it mean for a class to be thread safe? My guess would be something along the lines of whether you can create two instances of the
same class in two different threads. But why exactly would this ever be a
problem??

Thanks!

mark

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard .caspershouse.c om> wrote in message news:OI******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...
Dan,

I would say probably not. For most of the classes in the framework

(and
those classes outside of it, but still written by microsoft, like the Data Block), the instances are not guaranteed to be thread safe (but the static methods usually are).

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard. caspershouse.co m

"Dan" <da*********@ho tmail.com> wrote in message
news:cc******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...
Hi

Is Microsoft's Sqlhelper.cs (Microsoft Application Blocks for .NET -
Data Access) Thread safe?

The documentation has no references to threads.

Thanks

Dan



Nov 15 '05 #4
Got it. Could you briefly describe a senario when that might occur? Thanks
again.

Mark
"Miha Markic" <miha at rthand com> wrote in message
news:OS******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...
Hi Mark,

Thread safe means that you can invoke any method or read/write any
field/property from whatever thread and don't be concerned about integrity
of data (IOW it don't make kaboooom when two threads access the same data
).

--
Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & software development
miha at rthand com

"Mark" <mf****@idonotl ikespam.cce.umn .edu> wrote in message
news:eo******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...
What exactly does it mean for a class to be thread safe? My guess would

be
something along the lines of whether you can create two instances of the
same class in two different threads. But why exactly would this ever be a
problem??

Thanks!

mark

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard .caspershouse.c om> wrote

in
message news:OI******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...
Dan,

I would say probably not. For most of the classes in the
framework (and
those classes outside of it, but still written by microsoft, like the

Data Block), the instances are not guaranteed to be thread safe (but the static methods usually are).

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard. caspershouse.co m

"Dan" <da*********@ho tmail.com> wrote in message
news:cc******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...
> Hi
>
> Is Microsoft's Sqlhelper.cs (Microsoft Application Blocks for .NET -
> Data Access) Thread safe?
>
> The documentation has no references to threads.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dan



Nov 15 '05 #5
Hi Mark,

Imagine that a not thread-safe class having a string public property.
Imagine one thread that tries to set new value (setting string is done in
several procesor operations - thus is not atomic).
Imagine thread context switching to another thread (while string setting is
not ended - left at the middle) that starts reading the same property.
Boooom.

--
Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & software development
miha at rthand com

"Mark" <mf****@idonotl ikespam.cce.umn .edu> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. ..
Got it. Could you briefly describe a senario when that might occur? Thanks again.

Nov 15 '05 #6
This only applies if both threads have a reference to the same object, or
the property is static.

Willy.

"Miha Markic" <miha at rthand com> wrote in message
news:Oo******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...
Hi Mark,

Imagine that a not thread-safe class having a string public property.
Imagine one thread that tries to set new value (setting string is done in
several procesor operations - thus is not atomic).
Imagine thread context switching to another thread (while string setting is not ended - left at the middle) that starts reading the same property.
Boooom.

--
Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & software development
miha at rthand com

"Mark" <mf****@idonotl ikespam.cce.umn .edu> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. ..
Got it. Could you briefly describe a senario when that might occur?

Thanks
again.


Nov 15 '05 #7

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