Question

I am getting the following error on my account controller:

The role 'roleName' was not found.

But i have two roles admin, and gamers

the drop down list in my register view picks them up:

   <label for="roleName">Select Role:</label>
    @Html.DropDownList("roleName")
    @Html.ValidationMessage("roleName")

In my account controller I have the following:

  //
        // GET: /Account/Register
        [AllowAnonymous]
        public ActionResult Register()
        {
            ViewData["roleName"] = new SelectList(Roles.GetAllRoles(), "roleName");
            return View();
        }

        //
        // POST: /Account/Register

        [HttpPost]
        [AllowAnonymous]
        public ActionResult Register(RegisterModel model)
        {
            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                // Attempt to register the user
                MembershipCreateStatus createStatus;
                Membership.CreateUser(model.UserName, model.Password, model.Email, null, null, true, null, out createStatus);

                if (createStatus == MembershipCreateStatus.Success)
                {
                    Roles.AddUserToRole(model.UserName, "roleName");
                    FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(model.UserName, false /* createPersistentCookie */);
                    return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
                }

                else
                {
                    ModelState.AddModelError("", ErrorCodeToString(createStatus));
                }
            }

            // If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form
            return View(model);

        }

I dont know why this is happing?

Answer 1

Looks like the problem is here:

Roles.AddUserToRole(model.UserName, "roleName");

I’m guessing you didn’t mean to write “roleName” as a literal. Maybe model.RoleName or “User”, or a role that exists in your role provider?