Get anonymous profile

[shapper]

Hello,

I am working with an ASP.NET MVC Web Application and I am using the
following custom profile provider:

http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2008/01/19/writing-a-custom-asp-net-profile-class.aspx

One of the properties is allowed to anonymous users.

How can I get the profile of an anonymous user? They don't have a
username, right?

I am a little bit lost on this.

Thanks,

Miguel

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RE: Get anonymous profile

anonymous profiles are tied to a cookie rather than a login.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)


"shapper" wrote:

Hello,
>
I am working with an ASP.NET MVC Web Application and I am using the
following custom profile provider:
>

http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2008/01/19/writing-a-custom-asp-net-profile-class.aspx

>
One of the properties is allowed to anonymous users.
>
How can I get the profile of an anonymous user? They don't have a
username, right?
>
I am a little bit lost on this.
>
Thanks,
>
Miguel
>

[shapper]

Re: Get anonymous profile

On Nov 14, 4:45 pm, bruce barker
<brucebar...@di scussions.micro soft.comwrote:

anonymous profiles are tied to a cookie rather than a login.
>
-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

Yes, I know. And the cookie was added. I checked it with Firebug.

So how do I get the profile for an anonymous user?! I am using the
following:

ProfileHelper profile = ProfileHelper.G etProfile();

Where ProfileHelper is my custom profile provider that inherits
ProfileBase and has the following method:

public static ProfileHelper GetProfile() {
return Create(System.W eb.Security.Mem bership.GetUser ().UserName)
as ProfileHelper;
}

I always get the error "Object reference not set to an instance of an
object." on the following code line:
return Create(System.W eb.Security.Mem bership.GetUser ().UserName) as
ProfileHelper;

I don't understand how to solve this. any idea? Thanks ...

Thanks,
Miguel

[shapper]

Re: Get anonymous profile

On Nov 14, 5:59 pm, shapper <mdmo...@gmail. comwrote:

On Nov 14, 4:45 pm, bruce barker
>
<brucebar...@di scussions.micro soft.comwrote:

anonymous profiles are tied to a cookie rather than a login.

>

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

>
Yes, I know. And the cookie was added. I checked it with Firebug.
>
So how do I get the profile for an anonymous user?! I am using the
following:
>
  ProfileHelper profile = ProfileHelper.G etProfile();
>
Where ProfileHelper is my custom profile provider that inherits
ProfileBase and has the following method:
>
  public static ProfileHelper GetProfile() {
    return Create(System.W eb.Security.Mem bership.GetUser ().UserName)
as ProfileHelper;
  }
>
I always get the error "Object reference not set to an instance of an
object." on the following code line:
return Create(System.W eb.Security.Mem bership.GetUser ().UserName) as
ProfileHelper;
>
I don't understand how to solve this. any idea? Thanks ...
>
Thanks,
Miguel

Hi,

I think I solved it. On my code I replaced:

public static ProfileHelper GetProfile() {
return Create(System.W eb.Security.Mem bership.GetUser ().UserName)
as ProfileHelper;
} // GetProfile

By:

public static ProfileHelper GetProfile() {
return Create(HttpCont ext.Profile.Use rName) as ProfileHelper;
} // GetProfile

Now I get the profile of the current user.

Could someone give me a second opinion on my solution?

Thanks,

Miguel