I am trying to reproduce a threading error condition within an HTTP Handler.
Basically, the ASP.net worker procecss is creating 2 threads which invoke the HTTP handler in my application simultaneously when a certain page loads.
Inside the http handler, is a resource which is not thread safe. Hence, when the 2 threads try to access it simultaneously an exception occurs.
I could potentially, put a lock statement around the resource, however I want to make sure that it is infact the case. So I wanted to create the situation in a console application first.
But i cant get 2 threads to execute a method at the same time like asp.net wp does. So, my question is how can you can create 2 threads which can execute a method at the same time.
Edit:
The underlying resource is a sql database with a user table (has a name column only). Here is a sample code i tried.
[TestClass]
public class UnitTest1
{
[TestMethod]
public void Linq2SqlThreadSafetyTest()
{
var threadOne = new Thread(new ParameterizedThreadStart(InsertData));
var threadTwo = new Thread(new ParameterizedThreadStart(InsertData));
threadOne.Start(1); // Was trying to sync them via this parameter.
threadTwo.Start(0);
threadOne.Join();
threadTwo.Join();
}
private static void InsertData( object milliseconds )
{
// Linq 2 sql data context
var database = new DataClassesDataContext();
// Database entity
var newUser = new User {Name = "Test"};
database.Users.InsertOnSubmit(newUser);
Thread.Sleep( (int) milliseconds);
try
{
database.SubmitChanges(); // This statement throws exception in the HTTP Handler.
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
Debug.WriteLine(exception.Message);
}
}
}