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Roles.AddUserToRoles(String, String[]) Method

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.Security
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Adds the specified user to the specified roles.

public static void AddUserToRoles(string username, string[] roleNames);

Parameters

username
String

The user name to add to the specified roles.

roleNames
String[]

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

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

One of the roles in roleNames is null.

-or-

username is null.

ArgumentException

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

-or-

username is an empty string or contains a comma (,).

-or-

roleNames contains a duplicate element.

ProviderException

Role management is not enabled.

Examples

The following code example adds a user 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 AddUser_OnClick(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
  // Verify that a user and at least one role is selected.

  if (UsersListBox.SelectedItem == null)
  {
    Msg.Text = "Please select a user.";
    return;
  } 

  int[] role_indices = RolesListBox.GetSelectedIndices();

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


  // 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.AddUserToRoles(UsersListBox.SelectedItem.Value, rolesList);  
    Msg.Text = "User 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" runat="server" /></td>
      <td valign="top"><asp:Button Text="Add User to Role(s)" id="AddUserButton"
                                 runat="server" OnClick="AddUser_OnClick" /></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</form>

</body>
</html>

Remarks

The AddUserToRoles method calls the default role provider to associate the specified user 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 AddUserToRoles 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

Product Versions
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

See also