Managing website using role

Actually I have followed the tutorial on how to managing the website based on user's role.

My question is that, during development I will test the website using local server. When I deploy the website on a real server, do I need to configure the role on the real server like what I did on local server?

Re: Managing website using role

Hi,

Wen Hao Mui
do I need to configure the role on the real server like what I did on local server?

If the roles are in the database you can simply migrate it to your hosted database. Another trick is to programmatically add the roles in the Application_Start event. Of course check first if they're not already in there. If not then you can add them through code.

Grz, Kris.

Re: Managing website using role

If I add roles in the Application_Start event, then there is no longer requiring using Aspnetdb.mdf anymore?

Does the roles I add in Application_Start event will save in server memory?

How about the user that login ? how can I differentiate the roles of the logged in user?

Re: Managing website using role

As Kris, pointed out : If the roles are in the database you can simply migrate it to your hosted database. That will do the trick.

Re: Managing website using role

Currently, I create the user using asp.net website administartor tool manually.

Can I do it programmatically?

Re: Managing website using role

Ok, I got it on how to create membership throught the following tutorial:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.security.membership.createuser.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.security.membershipcreatestatus.aspx

but, my last question, how to integrate the database to the hosted database?

Re: Managing website using role

Wen Hao Mui
Currently, I create the user using asp.net website administartor tool manually.

Ok, roles will already be in database that you might have created using administrator tool.

I hope you must be having an interface in your application where user can register themselves and it will be saved in database.

Just then deploy your db to host environment.

Please go through below link :

http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/120705-1.aspx

Re: Managing website using role

Hi,

Wen Hao Mui
there is no longer requiring using Aspnetdb.mdf anymore

Why not? Of course if that's the place where your RoleProvider, by default, looks for the roles associtated with the users. What I suggested was to add the roles to the database via the provider in the Application_Start if they're not yet there.

Make use of the Roles.RoleExists and Roles.CreateRole methods.

If you don't want to have two databases then there's a good way to have the aspnetdb.mdf database integrated into your own: Create Membership tables in another database than the standard aspnetdb.mdf.

Grz, Kris.