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Hello,
I have a database called roles and in it 2 columns, 1 with user IDs called Owner and another one called userRole with a value (1 or 2). What I would like to do is when the member is on the homepage if the userRole has the value = 1 then I would like to show a button on the page, otherwise hide that button.
As I’m new and don’t really understand the coding yet I need a code for something like this:

if ( user is logged in AND his user ID matches the user ID in the Owner column AND the value of userRole = 1) then
show button2 on page
else
hide button2 on page

I’d be really grateful if someone could help me out. Thanks :slight_smile:

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No idea anyone?

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Hi Lucas.

Wanted to clarify your use case. Do you actually want to show the button to logged in site members and hide it for site visitors?

Regards,
Genry.

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Hi Genry,
I want to show the button only to site members that have the value 1 in the userRole column from the database. Is it possible?

5

Hi Lucas.

Another clarification: when you mention ‘Owner’ field - do you mean to the build in Owner field?

Regards,
Genry.

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Hi Lucas.

Assuming the button’s initial state is set to be hidden, the name of the element is button2 , and Owner field is referenced to the system built-in field _owner - you can place the following code on the page where the button is located.

import wixData from 'wix-data';
import wixUsers from 'wix-users';

const VISITOR = "Visitor";

$w.onReady(function () {
	showButton2();
});

function showButton2() {
	const currentUser = wixUsers.currentUser;
	
	if (currentUser.role === VISITOR || !currentUser.loggedIn) return;

	wixData.query('roles')
		.eq('_owner', currentUser.id)
		.find()
		.then( result => {
			if (result.items.length === 0) return;

			if (result.items[0].userRole === 1)
				$w('#button2').show();
		})
		.catch(err => {
			console.log(err);
		});

}
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Hello Genry,

Thank you for your reply. The “Owner” field is the one built in.
I have copied the code on the page with the button, but it seems that the button doesn’t show up even though I have the userRole = 1 in the database.

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Hi Lucas.

The code assumes that userRole field is of type Number. Is it so? If the type is Text a slight change should be done to the condition.

Instead of:

result.items[0].userRole === 1

try using:

result.items[0].userRole === '1'

Also, if there are still difficulties, please share the url of the site, so I could take a closer look.

Regards,
Genry.

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Hi Genry,
That userRole field is a text field and now it works like a charm. Thank you very much for your help.

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Glad to hear :slight_smile:

Best regards,
Genry.