Question

Ok, i have simple scenario:

have two pages: login and welcome pages. im using FormsAuthentication with my own table that has four columns: ID, UserName, Password, FullName

When pressed login im setting my username like:

FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(userName, rememberMe ?? false); 

on the welcome page i cant use:

Page.User.Identity.Name 

to provide to user which user currently logged, BUT i dont user username like at all examples in http://asp.net web site i want to user FullName field

i think that always go to db and request fullname when page loads its crazy and dont like to user Sessions or Simple Cookie mayby FormsAuth provider has custom fields for this

Answer 1

I would store the user’s full name in the session cookie after your call to FormsAuth

FormsAuth.SetAuthCookie(userName, rememberme);  // get the full name (ex 'John Doe') from the datbase here during login string fullName = 'John Doe';  Response.Cookies['FullName'].Value = fullName; Response.Cookies['FullName'].expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(30); 

and then retrieve it in your view pages via:

string fullName = HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies['FullName'].Value