SqlFunctions.CurrentUser Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Data.Objects.SqlClient

Assembly:

System.Data.Entity.dll

Returns the name of the current user.

public:
 static System::String ^ CurrentUser();

[System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EdmFunction("SqlServer", "CURRENT_USER")]
public static string CurrentUser ();

[<System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EdmFunction("SqlServer", "CURRENT_USER")>]
static member CurrentUser : unit -> string

Public Shared Function CurrentUser () As String

Returns

String

The name of the current user.

Attributes

EdmFunctionAttribute

Remarks

You cannot call this function directly. This function can only appear within a LINQ to Entities query.

This function is translated to a corresponding function in the database. For information about the corresponding SQL Server function, see CURRENT_USER (Transact-SQL).