How to access a user's saved DB data on an ASP.NET MVC page?

Question

I know I can use the attribute [Authorize(Roles="client")] to make sure that only authenticated clients can access a page. But after that, how can I access this user's personal data? How do I programmatically get that user's account ID from that action controller?

For example, on Stack Overflow, how does my personal account page access my personal data which is stored in a database?

So far, googling "authentication", "authorization" only helped me limit access to a controller action, not how to access that user's stuff.

Answer 1

Assuming you're using the membership provider (which I'd assume so if you're using the attribute), the simplest way is:

var membership_user = Membership.GetUser();

which will return a MembershipUser for the currently logged-in user. From that, you can access any profile information you've set up, and also get the primary key to access anything else you've set up.

James