SqlRoleProvider.GetUsersInRole(String) Method
Definition
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Gets a list of users in the specified role.
public:
override cli::array <System::String ^> ^ GetUsersInRole(System::String ^ roleName);
public override string[] GetUsersInRole (string roleName);
override this.GetUsersInRole : string -> string[]
Public Overrides Function GetUsersInRole (roleName As String) As String()
Parameters
- roleName
- String
The name of the role to get the list of users for.
Returns
A string array containing the names of all the users who are members of the specified role.
Exceptions
roleName
is null
.
roleName
is an empty string or contains a comma.
-or-
roleName
is longer than 256 characters.
rolename
was not found in the database.
-or-
An unknown error occurred while communicating with the database.
Examples
The following code example uses the GetUsersInRole method to get a list of the users in a particular role and bind the results to a System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridView control. For an example of a Web.config file that enables role management, see SqlRoleProvider.
<%@ 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;
string[] usersInRole;
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();
}
if (RolesListBox.SelectedItem != null)
{
// Show users in role. Bind user list to GridView.
usersInRole = Roles.GetUsersInRole(RolesListBox.SelectedItem.Value);
UsersInRoleGrid.DataSource = usersInRole;
UsersInRoleGrid.DataBind();
}
}
public void AddUsers_OnClick(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
// Verify that a role is selected.
if (RolesListBox.SelectedItem == null)
{
Msg.Text = "Please select a role.";
return;
}
// Verify that at least one user is selected.
if (UsersListBox.SelectedItem == null)
{
Msg.Text = "Please select one or more users.";
return;
}
// Create list of users to be added to the selected role.
string[] newusers = new string[UsersListBox.GetSelectedIndices().Length];
for (int i = 0; i < newusers.Length; i++)
{
newusers[i] = UsersListBox.Items[UsersListBox.GetSelectedIndices()[i]].Value;
}
// Add the users to the selected role.
try
{
Roles.AddUsersToRole(newusers, RolesListBox.SelectedItem.Value);
// Re-bind users in role to GridView.
usersInRole = Roles.GetUsersInRole(RolesListBox.SelectedItem.Value);
UsersInRoleGrid.DataSource = usersInRole;
UsersInRoleGrid.DataBind();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Msg.Text = e.Message;
}
}
public void UsersInRoleGrid_RemoveFromRole(object sender, GridViewCommandEventArgs args)
{
// Get the selected user name to remove.
int index = Convert.ToInt32(args.CommandArgument);
string username = ((DataBoundLiteralControl)UsersInRoleGrid.Rows[index].Cells[0].Controls[0]).Text;
// Remove the user from the selected role.
try
{
Roles.RemoveUserFromRole(username, RolesListBox.SelectedItem.Value);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Msg.Text = "An exception of type " + e.GetType().ToString() +
" was encountered removing the user from the role.";
}
// Re-bind users in role to GridView.
usersInRole = Roles.GetUsersInRole(RolesListBox.SelectedItem.Value);
UsersInRoleGrid.DataSource = usersInRole;
UsersInRoleGrid.DataBind();
}
</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" Rows="8" AutoPostBack="true" /></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" ID="AddUsersButton" runat="server" OnClick="AddUsers_OnClick" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
Users In Role:</td>
<td valign="top">
<asp:GridView runat="server" CellPadding="4" ID="UsersInRoleGrid" AutoGenerateColumns="false"
GridLines="None" CellSpacing="0" OnRowCommand="UsersInRoleGrid_RemoveFromRole">
<HeaderStyle BackColor="navy" ForeColor="white" />
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="User Name" >
<ItemTemplate>
<%# Container.DataItem.ToString() %>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:ButtonField Text="Remove From Role" ButtonType="Link" />
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
</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
Dim usersInRole() As String
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
If Not RolesListBox.SelectedItem Is Nothing Then
' Show users in role. Bind user list to GridView.
usersInRole = Roles.GetUsersInRole(RolesListBox.SelectedItem.Value)
UsersInRoleGrid.DataSource = usersInRole
UsersInRoleGrid.DataBind()
End If
End Sub
Public Sub AddUsers_OnClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As EventArgs)
' Verify that a role is selected.
If RolesListBox.SelectedItem Is Nothing Then
Msg.Text = "Please select a role."
Return
End If
' Verify that at least one user is selected.
If UsersListBox.SelectedItem Is Nothing Then
Msg.Text = "Please select one or more users."
Return
End If
' Create list of users to be added to the selected role.
Dim newusers(UsersListBox.GetSelectedIndices().Length - 1) As String
For i As Integer = 0 To newusers.Length - 1
newusers(i) = UsersListBox.Items(UsersListBox.GetSelectedIndices(i)).Value
Next
' Add the users to the selected role.
Try
Roles.AddUsersToRole(newusers, RolesListBox.SelectedItem.Value)
' Re-bind users in role to GridView.
usersInRole = Roles.GetUsersInRole(RolesListBox.SelectedItem.Value)
UsersInRoleGrid.DataSource = usersInRole
UsersInRoleGrid.DataBind()
Catch e As Exception
Msg.Text = e.Message
End Try
End Sub
Public Sub UsersInRoleGrid_RemoveFromRole(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As GridViewCommandEventArgs)
' Get the selected user name to remove.
Dim index As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(args.CommandArgument)
Dim username As String = (CType(UsersInRoleGrid.Rows(index).Cells(0).Controls(0), DataBoundLiteralControl)).Text
' Remove the user from the selected role.
Try
Roles.RemoveUserFromRole(username, RolesListBox.SelectedItem.Value)
Catch e As Exception
Msg.Text = "An exception of type " & e.GetType().ToString() & _
" was encountered removing the user from the role."
End Try
' Re-bind users in role to GridView.
usersInRole = Roles.GetUsersInRole(RolesListBox.SelectedItem.Value)
UsersInRoleGrid.DataSource = usersInRole
UsersInRoleGrid.DataBind()
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" Rows="8" AutoPostBack="true" /></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" ID="AddUsersButton" runat="server" OnClick="AddUsers_OnClick" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
Users In Role:</td>
<td valign="top">
<asp:GridView runat="server" CellPadding="4" ID="UsersInRoleGrid" AutoGenerateColumns="false"
GridLines="None" CellSpacing="0" OnRowCommand="UsersInRoleGrid_RemoveFromRole">
<HeaderStyle BackColor="navy" ForeColor="white" />
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="User Name" >
<ItemTemplate>
<%# Container.DataItem.ToString() %>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:ButtonField Text="Remove From Role" ButtonType="Link" />
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
The GetUsersInRole method is called by the Roles class to retrieve the list of users associated with the specified role in the SQL Server database specified in the ASP.NET application's configuration file (Web.config).