// function to check if the username already exists.
// return 1 if username is available
public int checkAvailability(String username, String email)
{
List<String> myList1 = new List<string>();
List<String> myList2 = new List<string>();
DBConnection myConnection = new DBConnection();
myConnection.connect("LILY-PC", "projectdb1", "admin", "123");
String query1 = String.Format("SELECT * FROM UserAcc WHERE u_name = '{0}'", username);
String query2 = String.Format("SELECT email FROM Candidate WHERE email = '{0}'", email);
myList1 = myConnection.getResultsList(query1, "u_name");
myList2 = myConnection.getResultsList(query2, "email");
if ((myList1.Count >= 1) || (myList2.Count >= 1)) { return 0; }
else { return 1; }
}
public List<String> getListOfForums()
{
DBConnection myConnection = new DBConnection();
myConnection.connect("LILY-PC", "projectdb1", "admin", "123");
String query = "SELECT f_title FROM [projectdb1].[dbo].[Forum]";
return myConnection.getResultsList(query, "f_title");
}
public String getForumID(String forumName)
{
List<String> myList = new List<string>();
DBConnection myConnection = new DBConnection();
myConnection.connect("LILY-PC", "projectdb1", "admin", "123");
String query = String.Format("SELECT f_id FROM [projectdb1].[dbo].[Forum] WHERE f_title = '{0}'", forumName);
myList = myConnection.getResultsList(query, "f_id");
return myList.First();
}
// functionto check the password for a given username
public int checkPassword(String username, String password)
{
List<String> myList1 = new List<string>();
List<String> myList2 = new List<string>();
DBConnection myConnection = new DBConnection();
myConnection.connect("LILY-PC", "projectdb1", "admin", "123");
String query = String.Format("SELECT * FROM UserAcc WHERE u_name='{0}'", username);
myList1 = myConnection.getResultsList(query, "u_name");
myList2 = myConnection.getResultsList(query, "passd");
String[] array1 = myList1.ToArray();
String[] array2 = myList2.ToArray();
for (int i = 0; i < array1.Length; i++ )
{
if (array1[i]==username && array2[i]==password) { return 1; }
}
return 0;
}
public String getUsername()
{
String userId = (String)HttpContext.Current.Session["userID"];
DBConnection myConnection = new DBConnection();
myConnection.connect("LILY-PC", "projectdb1", "admin", "123");
String query = String.Format("SELECT u_name FROM UserAcc WHERE u_id='{0}'", userId);
return myConnection.getResultsList(query, "u_name").ElementAt(0);
}
public String getID(String username)
{
String id; List<String> myList = new List<string>();
DBConnection myConnection = new DBConnection();
myConnection.connect("LILY-PC", "projectdb1", "admin", "123");
String query = String.Format("SELECT * FROM UserAcc WHERE u_name='{0}'", username);
myList = myConnection.getResultsList(query, "u_id");
String[] array = myList.ToArray();
id = array[0];
return id;
}
public String getFirstName(String userId)
{
List<String> myList = new List<string>();
DBConnection myConnection = new DBConnection();
myConnection.connect("LILY-PC", "projectdb1", "admin", "123");
String query = String.Format("SELECT f_name FROM Candidate WHERE u_id='{0}'", userId);
myList = myConnection.getResultsList(query, "f_name");
if (myList.Count == 0)
{
return this.getUsername();
}
return myList.ElementAt(0);
}
