Membership.UserName Error - Security/Roles

[zanzibarwinds]

Hi I cannot figure out why I get the error listed below with this chunk of code which is used with the ASP.NET 2 Login control. Error: ---------------------------------------------------------------- System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ASPUserUID = myMem.UserName; // Offendeding line Code: (This function runs when the user is authenticated) ---------------------------------------------------------------- protected void UserDetailsStore(object sender, EventArgs e) { global_functions gf = new global_functions(); string myUserName = User.Identity.Name; string ASPUserUID; MembershipUser myMem = Membership.GetUser(User.Identity.Name); ASPUserUID = myMem.UserName; } I've tried using ASPUserUID set as a Guid data type to no avail. ANy help in this regard would be greatly appreciated. John

[minhpc_bk]

Hi there, There are a couple of things that you might want to check: + Since you are using the Login control, so you need to make sure that the authentication mode in the web.config file is set to Forms. + You should only run your sample code after the user is successfully logged in. + You might want to check what is the value of the User.Identity.Name property.

[zanzibarwinds]

Hi Thanks for your reply. Auth mode is set to forms already. The code sample shown runs on the Login control's "LoggedIn" event which is after a successful user authentication. The value of User.Identity.Name is coming through successfully as the user whom logged in.

[minhpc_bk]

You may try to check the myMem object before using it as below:

ASPUserUID = (myMem!=null)? myMem.UserName : "";