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Asked: 2026-05-12T11:30:54+00:00

I have a website that’s sort of a Craiglist type app. In my Database,

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I have a website that’s sort of a Craiglist type app.

In my Database, should I create a table called UserRoles, and assign the UserRoleID as a Foreign Key to every user created? 1 for Admin(Complete Priveledges), 2 for Moderator, 3 for Normal User, etc.

Also, inside of my ASP.Net application, say I have a UserControl. Inside of that user controls method, should I ask if User.ID = “1” make a button X.Visible = True?

Say if the currently logged in user is an Admin, make a little red X appear so the Admin can easily delete a listing, etc.

Or is there a more established way to do this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You have the right general idea of a roles provider there. Role providers give a user some level (or perhaps multiple levels) and then in your code you can validate the current user’s level when displaying content and evaluating inputs.

    If you are using your own system then what you have described above is a perfectly reasonable approach to authentication and authorization. However, if you are using the ASP.NET built-in MemberShipProvider and RoleProvider (which you probably should be!) then there are many tutorials on getting those up and running. Personally, I would recommend using an existing provider over reinventing the wheel, but that’s just me. You’ll find that the built in providers are very comprehensive and simple to use.

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