Hi,

I am starting to develop an ASP.Net application.

I will have a logon page which will take a UserName and
Password. A Stored Procedure will verify that the logon
is correct.

I was going to use a Session Variable to indicate whether
the user is logged on or not. Based on this variable I
would show certain links, allow access to certain pages.

Is this a good idea or is there a better way?

Thanks.
Carl.

ASP.NET has this functionality built in. It's called Forms Authentication.
It is easily configured in your web.config file.
Here's more information:
http://www.dotnetbips.com/displayarticle.aspx?id=9

You may want to combine this with your session technique you mentioned to
determine which links to make visible on your page.

--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD
http://Steve.Orr.net


"Carl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:85f501c35ad8$5d56ef00$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I am starting to develop an ASP.Net application.
>
> I will have a logon page which will take a UserName and
> Password. A Stored Procedure will verify that the logon
> is correct.
>
> I was going to use a Session Variable to indicate whether
> the user is logged on or not. Based on this variable I
> would show certain links, allow access to certain pages.
>
> Is this a good idea or is there a better way?
>
> Thanks.
> Carl.

Have a look at
http://www.zdnet.com.au/builder/prog...35027,20274191,
00.htm

It explains how to use Forms authentication with a database, allowing you to
have an automated signup to enter user's details into a database.

Adrian

"Carl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:867f01c35ae0$d23d9050$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for that Steve.
>
> The thing is that these are people coming over the
> Internet and are total strangers to the company.
>
> C
> >-----Original Message-----
> >ASP.NET has this functionality built in. It's called
> Forms Authentication.
> >It is easily configured in your web.config file.
> >Here's more information:
> >http://www.dotnetbips.com/displayarticle.aspx?id=9
> >
> >You may want to combine this with your session technique
> you mentioned to
> >determine which links to make visible on your page.
> >
> >--
> >I hope this helps,
> >Steve C. Orr, MCSD
> >http://Steve.Orr.net
> >
> >
> >"Carl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:85f501c35ad8$5d56ef00$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I am starting to develop an ASP.Net application.
> >>
> >> I will have a logon page which will take a UserName and
> >> Password. A Stored Procedure will verify that the logon
> >> is correct.
> >>
> >> I was going to use a Session Variable to indicate
> whether
> >> the user is logged on or not. Based on this variable I
> >> would show certain links, allow access to certain
> pages.
> >>
> >> Is this a good idea or is there a better way?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >> Carl.
> >
> >
> >.
> >