How can I access UserId in ASP.NET Membership without using Membership.GetUser()?

Question

How can I access UserId in ASP.NET Membership without using Membership.GetUser(username) in ASP.NET Web Application Project?

Can User

Answer 1

public string GetUserID()
            {
                MembershipUser _User;
                string _UserId = "";
                _User = Membership.GetUser();
                Guid UserId = (Guid)_User.ProviderUserKey;
                return _UserId = UserId.ToString();
            }

Answer 2

I decided to write authentication of users users on my own (very simple but it works) and I should done this long time ago.

My original question was about UserId and it is not available from:

System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name

Answer 3

Try the following:

Membership.GetUser().ProviderUserKey

Answer 4

You have two options here:

1) Use username as the primary key for your user data table i.e:

select * from [dbo.User] where Username = 'andrew.myhre'

2) Add UserID to the profile.

There are pros and cons to each method. Personally I prefer the first, because it means I don't necessarily need to set up the out-of-the-box profile provider, and I prefer to enforce unique usernames in my systems anyway.