Question

At the table level I’m setting aspnet_User.UserID as foreign key of UserID in the other tables (like Posts.UserID, so each post has an owner). Is that the way to go?

When I create the LINQ to SQL model, should I include the aspnet_User table?

When I create a post (record in the Posts table, a Post object), how do I set the relationship to the logged in user (User object in the controller)?

Answer 1

I don’t include the aspnet_User table to my linq-to-sql as I don’t really need it. I use the built in way of accessing membership data.

But for your table Posts, it might be easier for you to include it so that you can easily display the User’s Name by doing myPost.User.Name

edit:

    MembershipUser user = Membership.GetUser();
    Guid userGuid = (Guid)user.ProviderUserKey;

    Post post = new Post
            {
                 UserId =userGuid,
                 Message = message                                      
            };