Workstation setup:
Background:
I created my project using Individual Account Authentication and then following a guide I found on Youtube I created an EDMX Data Model from an existing database. I did this to create authentication for my website. I then modified the Default Connection in the web.config file to point to my existing database. When I registered the first user account after modifying the Default Connection it auto-generated all the necessary AspNet tables in my existing database.
Issue:
I need to add a custom column to the AspNetUsers table. I followed Microsoft's guide, found here, but when I get to the step about modifying the Models\IdentityModels.cs file I am unable to do so because the file is missing.
Attempted Resolution:
I've attempted to bypass this by simply adding the column into the SQL database myself and then editing my WebAPI code.
First I edited the RegisterBindingModel class found in the AccountBindingModels.cs file. I added the PeopleID section.
public class RegisterBindingModel
{
[Required]
[Display(Name = "User name")]
public string UserName { get; set; }
[Required]
[Display(Name = "Email")]
public string Email { get; set; }
[Required]
[Display(Name = "PeopleID")]
public string PeopleID { get; set; }
[Required]
[StringLength(100, ErrorMessage = "The {0} must be at least {2} characters long.", MinimumLength = 6)]
[DataType(DataType.Password)]
[Display(Name = "Password")]
public string Password { get; set; }
[DataType(DataType.Password)]
[Display(Name = "Confirm password")]
[Compare("Password", ErrorMessage = "The password and confirmation password do not match.")]
public string ConfirmPassword { get; set; }
}
Then I edited the Register class found in the AccountController.cs file. I added the line pertaining to PeopleID.
[AllowAnonymous]
[Route("Register")]
public async Task<IHttpActionResult> Register(RegisterBindingModel model)
{
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
return BadRequest(ModelState);
}
IdentityUser user = new IdentityUser
{
UserName = model.UserName,
Email = model.Email,
PeopleID = model.PeopleID,
};
IdentityResult result = await UserManager.CreateAsync(user, model.Password);
IHttpActionResult errorResult = GetErrorResult(result);
if (errorResult != null)
{
return errorResult;
}
return Ok();
}
Now once I add the PeopleID = model.PeopleID, line I get an error message which states "Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework.IdentityUser' does not contain a definition for 'PeopleID'". When I go to the IdentityUser.cs file it is locked and will not allow me to edit it.
I ended up restarting my project. I updated everything before I made any changes and did not create an EDMX model. I simply changed the default connection string to point to my live database. Once I did all that I found the IdentityModels.cs file and was then able to modify it following this guide: