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Re: Get current user info from SQL DB - No code

Hilary Stoupa — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:44:48 GMT

Hi:

The standard SQL connection in IP will pull all the data from the table. There is no way without code to add a dynamic where clause.

If having all the data returned to your form and then filtering at that point isn't a dealbreaker, you can do that -- run your query and set your values from the returned data, adding a filter where USER_ID is equal to the current username.

If returning all the data to your form is a dealbreaker, you can build or buy a webservice that will return just the data you need, or write some custom code to do the same thing.

Hope that helps!

Re: Get current user info from SQL DB - No code

BendingSP — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:05:57 GMT

Just to add. No matter what filters I add it is pulling all the data from that specific SQL column. If I modify the data connection

SELECT USER_ID, EMPLOYEE_FIRST_NAME,

FROM MYTABLE

WHERE USER_ID = 'The user name'

It will pull my single user id.. however, I need the current user id and not a pre-set one.

Get current user info from SQL DB - No code

BendingSP — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:05:39 GMT

Hey guys, I am new to the forums and I hope you can help me out.

I am trying to pre-populate fields with current user information from an SQL DB but having some issues. I can pull the info from my udx connection, but I am not exactly sure how to filter the data to show only the current user information. I know about the SharePoint user profile way, which I wish I could use. However, according to our SharePoint Admin I am not allowed to use this. username() works in Infopath however.

Has anyone else done this before?

Thank you in advance for you help.