Check if valid user

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:07:36 Z

Hi Everyone,

I am developing a console app that iterates through a list of usernames from our HR system and updates user properties for users that exist in WSS 3.0. I'm running into an issue where I am unable to check if the username is a valid SharePoint user first before entering the loop. When I do this: SPWeb.AllUsers("USERNAME") it throws an exception if the username is invalid. Is there a method in the SDK that checks if the user exists? I tried EnsureUser however I do want to create a user if it does exist.

Thank You

Check if valid user

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:13:39 Z

Hello,

I already had this issue. Actually, the only solution that I found is to nest you statement (SPWeb.AllUser) with a try ... catch. If the user doesn't exist, the catch is raised, otherwise, I can excecute some code...

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Check if valid user

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:49:20 Z

Thanks for your response. That is exactly what I am doing today, I guess I'll have to stick with it.

Check if valid user

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:27:25 Z

i dont think u need to loop it around..try checking the username with the domain included.

lets be optimistic.....

Check if valid user

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:18:25 Z

How do I check the username? I am posting this question here because I cannot find a way to check.

Check if valid user

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:32:36 Z

Hi,

Did you ever find out if there was another way to check if the user exists besides using a try/catch?