Membership.GetUser Method (String, Boolean)

 

Gets the information from the data source for the specified membership user. Updates the last-activity date/time stamp for the user, if specified.

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

static member GetUser : 
        username:string *
        userIsOnline:bool -> MembershipUser

Parameters

username
Type: System.String

The name of the user to retrieve.

userIsOnline
Type: System.Boolean

If true, updates the last-activity date/time stamp for the specified user.

Return Value

Type: System.Web.Security.MembershipUser

A MembershipUser object representing the specified user. If the username parameter does not correspond to an existing user, this method returns null.

Exception Condition
ArgumentException

username contains a comma (,).

ArgumentNullException

username is null.

The GetUser method retrieves the user information from the data source and creates a MembershipUser object populated with the returned data.

If you use one of the GetUser overloads that does not take a username parameter, GetUser returns the information for the current logged-on membership user. The current logged-on membership user is identified by the Name of the user in the current HttpContext.

You can also specify whether you want GetUser to update the last-activity date/time stamp for the user being retrieved with the userIsOnline parameter. Of the GetUser overloads that do not take a userIsOnline parameter, Membership.GetUser implicitly updates the last-activity date/time stamp for the user. Membership.GetUser and GetUser do not.

The following code example retrieves the password for a specified user name and sends it to the e-mail address for the specified user. The call to GetUser specifies that the last-activity date/time stamp for the user not be updated.

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.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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