How to join my tables with identity tables? - asp.net

Question

I started a default MVC project with Identity and EF.
In my app users will be able to create and edit some records.
In the table for these records, I want to have the ids of users who created the record and who updated lastly.
My model class is like:
public class Record
{
public int ID { get; set; }
public DateTime CreateTime { get; set; }
public string CreatingUserID { get; set; }
public string UpdatingUserID { get; set; }
public DateTime UpdateTime { get; set; }
public Enums.RecordStatus Status { get; set; }
}
And in RecordsController, I save new records to db like this:
[Authorize]
[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Create(FormCollection form, RecordCreateVM vm)
{
string userId = User.Identity.GetUserId();
DateTime now = DateTime.Now;
Record rec = new Record ();
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
int newRecordId;
using (RecordRepository wr = new RecordRepository())
{
UpdateModel(rec);
rec.CreateTime = now;
rec.UpdateTime = now;
rec.CreatingUserID = userId;
rec.UpdatingUserID = userId;
rec.Status = Enums.RecordStatus.Active;
Record result = wr.Add(rec);
wr.SaveChanges();
newRecordId = result.ID;
}
}
}
When I am listing these records, I also want my page to display these users' usernames.
I get all the active records from the repository I created.
public ActionResult Index()
{
RecordListVMviewModel = new RecordListVM();
using (RecordRepository wr = new (RecordRepository())
{
viewModel.Records = wr.GetAll();
}
return View(viewModel);
}
And this is the repository code:
public class RecordRepository: Repository<Record>
{
public override List<Record> GetAll()
{
IQueryable<Record> activeRecords = DbSet.Where(w => w.Status == Enums.RecordStatus.Active);
return activeRecords.ToList();
}
}
Where do I have to make changes? Can you give me an sample code for usages like this?
Thank you.

Answer 1

You need to change
public string CreatingUserID { get; set; }
public string UpdatingUserID { get; set; }
to something like:
public User CreatingUser { get; set; }
public User UpdatingUser { get; set; }
Set the ID's during the creation of new RecordRepository()
Then access them as Record.CreatingUser.FirstName ect