Windows service stop automatically

Question

I want to call a stored procedure from windows service and after that I want to self stop the service. Here is what I have:

public DailyChecker()
{
    InitializeComponent();
}

protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
    SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString);

    try
    {
        connection.Open();
        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("sp_ChangeState", connection);
        cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
        cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
    }
    finally
    {
        connection.Close();
    }
}

protected override void OnStop()
{
    base.OnStop();
}

The problem I'm having is that, when I start the service, it stops automatically at instance and shows a message box.

Answer 1

I have change the serviceProcessInstaller's property Account to LocalSystem. Now it's working

Answer 2

Not sure I totally understand your appraoch, but this should simply be a case of calling base.OnStop

try
{
    connection.Open();
    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("sp_ChangeState", connection);
    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
finally
{
    connection.Close();
}
base.OnStop();