Roles.DeleteRole Method (String, Boolean)

Removes a role from the data source.

Namespace: System.Web.Security
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)

public static bool DeleteRole (
	string roleName,
	bool throwOnPopulatedRole
)
public static boolean DeleteRole (
	String roleName, 
	boolean throwOnPopulatedRole
)
public static function DeleteRole (
	roleName : String, 
	throwOnPopulatedRole : boolean
) : boolean
Not applicable.

Parameters

roleName

The name of the role to delete.

throwOnPopulatedRole

If true, throws an exception if roleName has one or more members.

Return Value

true if roleName was deleted from the data source; otherwise; false.

Exception typeCondition

System.ArgumentNullException

roleName is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

System.ArgumentException

roleName is an empty string.

System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderException

roleName has one or more members and throwOnPopulatedRole is true.

-or-

Role management is not enabled.

The DeleteRole method removes a role name from the data source. DeleteRole calls the DeleteRole method of the default role provider to remove the specified role from the data source.

If throwOnPopulatedRole is true, then an exception will be thrown and the role will not be deleted if the role identified by the roleName parameter has one or more members. If throwOnPopulatedRole is false, then the role will be deleted whether it is empty or not.

The following code example deletes a role from the data source. For an example of a Web.config file that enables role management, see Roles.


<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Security" %>

<!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;

  public void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs args)
  {
    if (!IsPostBack)
    {
      // Bind roles to ListBox.

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


  public void DeleteRole_OnClick(object sender, EventArgs args)
  {
    string delRole = "";

    try
    {
      delRole = RolesListBox.SelectedItem.Value;

      Roles.DeleteRole(delRole);

      Msg.Text = "Role '" + Server.HtmlEncode(delRole) + "' deleted.";


      // Re-bind roles to ListBox.

      rolesArray = Roles.GetAllRoles();
      RolesListBox.DataSource = rolesArray;
      RolesListBox.DataBind();
    }
    catch
    {
      Msg.Text = "Role '" + Server.HtmlEncode(delRole) + "' <u>not</u> deleted.";
    }

  }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
  <title>Sample: Delete Role</title>
</head>
<body>
  <form runat="server" id="PageForm">
    <h3>
      Delete Role</h3>
    <asp:Label ID="Msg" ForeColor="maroon" runat="server" /><br />
    <table border="0">
      <tr>
        <td valign="top">
          Delete Role:</td>
        <td valign="top">
          <asp:ListBox ID="RolesListBox" runat="server" Rows="8" /></td>
        <td valign="top">
          <asp:Button Text="Delete Role" ID="DeleteRoleButton" runat="server" OnClick="DeleteRole_OnClick" /></td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  </form>
</body>
</html>

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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