detecting username

[Techno]

hi

is there a way in vb.net to detect the username that is accessing the database? or really, is there a way to detect what the current username is of the person that is accessing a webpage?

i basically have a website, and has a form etc... and people log in (automatically from their machine or supplied un/pw) and i want some of the field elements to be populated automatically depending on the username

any ideas?

[Fishcake]

I take it we're talking asp.net here....

What method are you using for your users to logon?

Are you using one of the built in methods such as formsauthentication / windows authentication?
If so you can store the username when they login and retrieve it using something like

formsAuthentication.user.id

It's prob nothing like that buti can't check right now.

Otherwise just store the username in a session variable after the user logs in.

[Fishcake]

just remembered it's more like

formsAuthentication.user.identity

I'd recommend using built in secruity if you're not already.