Roles.AddUsersToRoles(String[], String[]) Method

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Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.Security

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Adds the specified users to the specified roles.

public:
 static void AddUsersToRoles(cli::array <System::String ^> ^ usernames, cli::array <System::String ^> ^ roleNames);

public static void AddUsersToRoles (string[] usernames, string[] roleNames);

static member AddUsersToRoles : string[] * string[] -> unit

Public Shared Sub AddUsersToRoles (usernames As String(), roleNames As String())

Parameters

usernames: String[]

A string array of user names to add to the specified roles.

roleNames: String[]

A string array of role names to add the specified user names to.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

One of the roles in roleNames is null.

-or-

One of the users in usernames is null.

ArgumentException

One of the roles in roleNames is an empty string or contains a comma (,).

-or-

One of the users in usernames is an empty string or contains a comma (,).

-or-

roleNames contains a duplicate element.

-or-

usernames contains a duplicate element.

ProviderException

Role management is not enabled.

Examples

The following code example adds one or more users to one or more roles. For an example of a Web.config file that enables role management, see Roles.

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Security" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.UI" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

string[] rolesArray;
MembershipUserCollection users;

public void Page_Load()
{
  Msg.Text = "";

  if (!IsPostBack)
  {
    // Bind roles to ListBox.

    rolesArray = Roles.GetAllRoles();
    RolesListBox.DataSource = rolesArray;
    RolesListBox.DataBind();

    // Bind users to ListBox.

    users = Membership.GetAllUsers();
    UsersListBox.DataSource = users;
    UsersListBox.DataBind();
  }
}


public void AddUsers_OnClick(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
  // Verify that at least one user and one role are selected.

  int[] user_indices = UsersListBox.GetSelectedIndices();

  if (user_indices.Length == 0)
  {
    Msg.Text = "Please select one or more users.";
    return;
  }

  int[] role_indices = RolesListBox.GetSelectedIndices();

  if (role_indices.Length == 0)
  {
    Msg.Text = "Please select one or more roles.";
    return;
  }


  // Create list of users to be added to the selected roles.

  string[] newusers = new string[user_indices.Length];

  for (int i = 0; i < newusers.Length; i++)
  {
    newusers[i] = UsersListBox.Items[user_indices[i]].Value;
  }


  // Create list of roles to be add the selected users to.

  string[] rolesList = new string[role_indices.Length];

  for (int i = 0; i < rolesList.Length; i++)
  {
    rolesList[i] = RolesListBox.Items[role_indices[i]].Value;
  }


  // Add the users to the selected role.

  try
  {
    Roles.AddUsersToRoles(newusers, rolesList);  
    Msg.Text = "User(s) added to Role(s).";
  }
  catch (HttpException e)
  {
    Msg.Text = e.Message;
  } 
}

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Sample: Role Membership</title>
</head>
<body>

<form runat="server" id="PageForm">
  <h3>Role Membership</h3>
  <asp:Label id="Msg" ForeColor="maroon" runat="server" /><br />
  <table cellpadding="3" border="0">
    <tr>
      <td valign="top">Roles:</td>
      <td valign="top"><asp:ListBox id="RolesListBox" runat="server" SelectionMode="Multiple"
                                    Rows="8" /></td>
      <td valign="top">Users:</td>
      <td valign="top"><asp:ListBox id="UsersListBox" DataTextField="Username" 
                                  Rows="8" SelectionMode="Multiple" runat="server" /></td>
      <td valign="top"><asp:Button Text="Add User(s) to Role(s)" id="AddUsersButton"
                                 runat="server" OnClick="AddUsers_OnClick" /></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</form>

</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Security" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.UI" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

Dim rolesArray() As String
Dim users As MembershipUserCollection

Public Sub Page_Load()

  Msg.Text = ""

  If Not IsPostBack Then
    ' Bind roles to ListBox.

    rolesArray = Roles.GetAllRoles()
    RolesListBox.DataSource = rolesArray
    RolesListBox.DataBind()

    ' Bind users to ListBox.

    users = Membership.GetAllUsers()
    UsersListBox.DataSource = users
    UsersListBox.DataBind()
  End If
End Sub


Public Sub AddUsers_OnClick(sender As Object, args As EventArgs)

  ' Verify that at least one user and one role are selected.

  Dim user_indices() As Integer = UsersListBox.GetSelectedIndices()

  If user_indices.Length = 0 Then
    Msg.Text = "Please select one or more users."
    Return
  End If

  Dim role_indices() As Integer = RolesListBox.GetSelectedIndices()

  If role_indices.Length = 0 Then
    Msg.Text = "Please select one or more roles."
    Return
  End If


  ' Create list of users to be added to the selected roles.

  Dim newusers(user_indices.Length - 1) As String

  For i As Integer = 0 To newusers.Length - 1
    newusers(i) = UsersListBox.Items(user_indices(i)).Value
  Next


  ' Create list of roles to be add the selected users to.

  Dim rolesList(role_indices.Length - 1) As String

  For i As Integer = 0 To rolesList.Length - 1
    rolesList(i) = RolesListBox.Items(role_indices(i)).Value
  Next


  ' Add the users to the selected role.

  Try
    Roles.AddUsersToRoles(newusers, rolesList)  
    Msg.Text = "User(s) added to Role(s)."
  Catch e As HttpException
    Msg.Text = e.Message
  End Try
End Sub

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Sample: Role Membership</title>
</head>
<body>

<form runat="server" id="PageForm">
  <h3>Role Membership</h3>
  <asp:Label id="Msg" ForeColor="maroon" runat="server" /><br />
  <table cellpadding="3" border="0">
    <tr>
      <td valign="top">Roles:</td>
      <td valign="top"><asp:ListBox id="RolesListBox" runat="server" SelectionMode="Multiple"
                                    Rows="8" /></td>
      <td valign="top">Users:</td>
      <td valign="top"><asp:ListBox id="UsersListBox" DataTextField="Username" 
                                  Rows="8" SelectionMode="Multiple" runat="server" /></td>
      <td valign="top"><asp:Button Text="Add User(s) to Role(s)" id="AddUsersButton"
                                 runat="server" OnClick="AddUsers_OnClick" /></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</form>

</body>
</html>

Remarks

The AddUsersToRoles method calls the default role provider to associate the specified users with the specified roles at the data source.

If your application uses the SqlRoleProvider class, the database updates that are performed during the call to the AddUsersToRoles method are made within a transaction. If an error is encountered, such as a user name that is already in a specified role, the transaction is rolled back and no updates are performed.

Note

User names and role names cannot contain commas.

Applies to

Roles.AddUsersToRoles(String[], String[]) Method

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