RoleProvider.GetAllRoles Method

Gets a list of all the roles for the configured applicationName.

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

'Declaration
Public MustOverride Function GetAllRoles As String()
'Usage
Dim instance As RoleProvider
Dim returnValue As String()

returnValue = instance.GetAllRoles
public abstract String[] GetAllRoles ()
public abstract function GetAllRoles () : String[]
Not applicable.

Return Value

A string array containing the names of all the roles stored in the data source for the configured applicationName.

GetAllRoles is called by the GetAllRoles method of the Roles class to retrieve a list of role names from the data source. Only the roles for the specified ApplicationName are retrieved.

If no roles exist for the configured applicationName, we recommend that your provider return a string array with no elements.

The following code example shows a sample implementation of the GetAllRoles method.

Public Overrides Function GetAllRoles() As String()
    Dim tmpRoleNames As String = ""

    Dim conn As OdbcConnection = New OdbcConnection(connectionString)
    Dim cmd As OdbcCommand = New OdbcCommand("SELECT Rolename FROM Roles " & _
                                             " WHERE ApplicationName = ?", conn)

    cmd.Parameters.Add("@ApplicationName", OdbcType.VarChar, 255).Value = ApplicationName

    Dim reader As OdbcDataReader = Nothing

    Try
        conn.Open()

        reader = cmd.ExecuteReader()

        Do While reader.Read()
            tmpRoleNames &= reader.GetString(0) & ","
        Loop
    Catch e As OdbcException
        ' Handle exception.
    Finally
        If Not reader Is Nothing Then reader.Close()
        conn.Close()
    End Try

    If tmpRoleNames.Length > 0 Then
        ' Remove trailing comma.
        tmpRoleNames = tmpRoleNames.Substring(0, tmpRoleNames.Length - 1)
        Return tmpRoleNames.Split(CChar(","))
    End If

    Return New String() {}
End Function

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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