How do I delete a user with a role in ASP.NET MVC4 SimpleMembership?

4
votes

Thanks for looking.

Background

On my current project, the client would like me to use ASP.NET MVC4's Simple membership. Normally I do not use the .NET membership classes so perhaps I am missing something simple, but I can't seem to delete a user through code as there is a foreign key constraint between the webpages_UsersInRoles table and the UserProfile table.

I have tried using Membership.DeleteUser(id, true); since the setting of 'true' should cascade the delete, but even that fails if there is a role assigned to the user.

I have tried going into the mdb file through the server explorer and setting the delete action on the FK's to CASCADE but the option for delete action is disabled.

As a last-ditch effort, I created a separate entity class (.edmx) from the membership database in hopes that I could hack my way to a successful delete through C#, but the generation of the .edmx refuses to bring in the webpages_UsersInRoles table!

I am using C#, .NET 4.5.

Question

Using C#. how do I delete a user from MVC4 SimpleMembership if that user has been assigned one or more roles?

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2 Answers

7
votes

I can't find that quickly why there doesn't seem to be a on delete cascade rule on the UsersInRoles table for when a User gets deleted, but maybe this answer helps:

void DeleteUserRoles(string username)
{
    foreach (var role in Roles.GetRolesForUser(username))
        Roles.RemoveUserFromRole(username, role);            
}
0
votes

Additionally use RemoveUserFromRoles (plural)

void DeleteUserRoles(string username)
{
    Roles.RemoveUserFromRoles(username, Roles.GetRolesForUser(username));
}