Question

How do you select only rows that apply to the user currently signed in when using the Configure Data Source dialog? Right each row has a username that was created for them when they register. I am using the built in ASP.NET membership system. Is there anyway to do a Where clause that selects the current users username?

Answer 1

HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name

gives you the windows user name associated with the current request.

To get it into your where clause you have to add a parameter to the select command

<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" SelectCommand="Select * From tbl Where user = @user">
    <SelectParameters>
        <asp:Parameter Name="user" Type="String" />
    </SelectParameters>
</asp:SqlDataSource>

and then set the value in code behind:

SqlDataSource1.SelectParameters["user"].DefaultValue = HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name;

There might be other ways to get it there but this should be one of the easiest.

Microsofts article for using parameters on the datasource: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z72eefad.aspx