Get UserId (int) in new MVC4 application

Question

New MVC4 application created UserProfile table :

UserId(int) | UserName(nvarchar)

In controller :

  string currentUser = User.Identity.Name;  // returns UserName

  var mu1 = Membership.GetUser(); // returns null

  var mu2 = Membership.GetUser(currentUser); // returns null as well

I read a lot of threads and they all talk about getting Guid, which I don't even have in user and membership tables.

Is there a way to get the UserId (int) of currently logged in User ?

Answer 1

You can get UserId as int with

WebSecurity.GetUserId(User.Identity.Name);

Additional Information: You should add [InitializeSimpleMembership] on top of controller class if you use another controller than AccountController.

Answer 2

Make sure you add [InitializeSimpleMembership] to the top of your controller so that it initializes the simple membership via the file InitializeSimpleMembershipAttribute.cs in the Filters directory.

Then you can access the user id in several different ways:

int mu1 = (int)WebSecurity.CurrentUserId;
int mu2 = (int)Membership.GetUser().ProviderUserKey;