Roles::RoleExists Method (String^)

 

Gets a value indicating whether the specified role name already exists in the role data source.

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

public:
static bool RoleExists(
	String^ roleName
)

Parameters

roleName
Type: System::String^

The name of the role to search for in the data source.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean

true if the role name already exists in the data source; otherwise, false.

Exception Condition
System::ArgumentNullException

roleName is null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

System::ArgumentException

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

System.Configuration.Provider::ProviderException

Role management is not enabled.

The RoleExists method calls the RoleExists method of the default role provider to determine whether a role name exists in the data source for the application that is specified in the ApplicationName property.

The following code example uses the RoleExists method to determine whether a role name already exists before creating the role. For an example of a Web.config file that enables role management, see Roles.

System_CAPS_security Security Note

This example contains a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.

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.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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