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Roles.DeleteRole Method (String)

Removes a role from the data source.

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

'Declaration
Public Shared Function DeleteRole ( _
	roleName As String _
) As Boolean

Parameters

roleName
Type: System.String
The name of the role to delete.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if roleName was deleted from the data source; otherwise, false.

ExceptionCondition
System.ArgumentNullException

roleName is Nothing.

System.ArgumentException

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

System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderException

roleName has one or more members.

-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 the role identified by the roleName parameter has one or more members, then an exception will be thrown and the role will not be deleted.

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="VB" %>

<%@ 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">

  Dim rolesArray() As String

  Public Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As EventArgs)

    If Not IsPostBack Then
      ' Bind roles to ListBox.

      rolesArray = Roles.GetAllRoles()
      RolesListBox.DataSource = rolesArray
      RolesListBox.DataBind()
    End If

  End Sub


  Public Sub DeleteRole_OnClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As EventArgs)

    Dim delRole As String

    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."
    End Try

  End Sub

</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>


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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