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Glenn Slaven
Glenn Slaven

Reputation: 34203

Can you get the GUID of the current asp.net user without hitting the database?

I know you can do this to get the User Id for the current user

(Guid)Membership.GetUser().ProviderUserKey;

But this does a DB lookup. Is there any way to get the GUID of the current user without a DB lookup, can it be determined from the auth cookie?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 89

Answers (1)

Ivan Hamilton
Ivan Hamilton

Reputation: 3265

Unfortunately, no. The Membership.GetUser() call uses the "username" for this lookup.

The auth cookie contains only this username (and a few other details, e.g. issue and expiry date)

If this is something you really need, you may be able to lookup once, and store it in the UserData property in the cookie - Change the user data in FormsAuthenticationTicket programmatically

Upvotes: 1

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