public static bool VerifyUser()

in CustomSecuritySample2016/AuthenticationExtension.cs [141:173]


      public static bool VerifyUser(string userName)
      { 
         bool isValid = false;
         using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(Properties.Settings.Default.Database_ConnectionString))
		    {
			    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("LookupUser", conn);
			    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;

			    SqlParameter sqlParam = cmd.Parameters.Add("@userName",
				    SqlDbType.VarChar,
				    255);
			    sqlParam.Value = userName;
			    try
			    {
	          conn.Open();
	          using (SqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader())
	          {
		        // If a row exists for the user, then the user is valid.
		        if (reader.Read())
		          {
			          isValid = true;
		          }
	          }
          }
          catch (Exception ex)
          {
	          throw new Exception(string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
              CustomSecurity.VerifyError + ex.Message));
          }
        }
     
        return isValid;
      }