title: How to cancel a long-running Database operation?
body: <p>Currently working with Oracle, but will also need a solution for MS SQL.</p>
  
  <p>I have a GUI that allows users to generate SQL that will be executed on the database.  This can take a very long time, depending on the search they generate.  I want the GUI/App to responsive during this search and I want the user to be able to cancel the search.</p>
  
  <p>I'm using a Background Worker Thread.</p>
  
  <p>My problem is that, when the user cancels the search, I can't interrupt the call to the database.  It waits until it is finished and then, it can poll the 'CancelationPending' property.  Not only does this waste resources on the database, but it creates problems for my code.</p>
  
  <p>If the user hits 'Search' on a very long query, then clicks 'Cancel' and then 'Search' again - the first search is still chugging away on the database.  The background worker is still busy when they hit search again.  The only solution I've got to this problem is to make a new background worker.</p>
  
  <p>It seems like a really ugly way to do things.  The database keeps working I'm creating new instances of background workers....when I really want to STOP the database call and re-use the same worker. </p>
  
  <p>How can I do that?</p>