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Roles.RemoveUserFromRoles(String, String[]) Method

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Definition

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

Removes the specified user from the specified roles.

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

Parameters

username
String

The user to remove from the specified roles.

roleNames
String[]

A string array of role names to remove the specified user from.

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 uses the RemoveUserFromRoles method to remove a user from 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.

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

public void UsersListBox_OnSelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
  // Bind users to ListBox.

  rolesArray = Roles.GetRolesForUser(UsersListBox.SelectedItem.Value);
  RolesListBox.DataSource = rolesArray;
  RolesListBox.DataBind();
}

public void RemoveUser_OnClick(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
  // Verify that at least a user and at least one role are 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 remove the selected user from.

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

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


  // Remove the user to the selected roles.

  try
  {
    Roles.RemoveUserFromRoles(UsersListBox.SelectedItem.Value, rolesList);  
    Msg.Text = "User removed from Role(s).";

    // Rebind roles to ListBox.

    rolesArray = Roles.GetRolesForUser(UsersListBox.SelectedItem.Value);
    RolesListBox.DataSource = rolesArray;
    RolesListBox.DataBind();
  }
  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">Users:</td>
      <td valign="top"><asp:ListBox id="UsersListBox" Rows="8" DataTextField="Username" 
                                    OnSelectedIndexChanged="UsersListBox_OnSelectedIndexChanged" 
                                    AutoPostBack="true" runat="server" /></td>
      <td valign="top">Roles:</td>
      <td valign="top"><asp:ListBox id="RolesListBox" SelectionMode="Multiple" 
                                    runat="server" Rows="8" /></td>
      <td valign="top"><asp:Button Text="Remove User from Roles" id="RemoveUserButton"
                                   runat="server" OnClick="RemoveUser_OnClick" /></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</form>

</body>
</html>

Remarks

The RemoveUserFromRoles method calls the default role provider to remove the specified user from the specified roles at the data source.

If the application is configured to use the SqlRoleProvider class, the database updates that are performed during the call to the RemoveUserFromRoles method are made within a transaction. If an error is encountered, such as a user name that is not in a specified role, the transaction is rolled back and no updates are performed.

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