Great code samples, Michael!  

As Michael pointed out, there are ways to get the information you're looking for.  However, I have a massive concern about your DNN instance.  That is quite old.  If it were me, I'd first focus on upgrading the site to the most current release possible - at least 9.10.02 or 9.11.  If nothing else were a factor, it's primarily due to how much slower and less secure that version is.  You'll be far more stable and productive in both development and everything else if you can manage to get everything upgraded ASAP.  

It would be a shame if you did all of this work, only to lose it all because some stupid automated bot successfully attacks the site.  :(  

In regards to better productivity, there's a really useful Event System in newer versions of DNN that could alleviate all of your worries in a single class, and without having to use a Role Provider (potentially), because you'd be able to run code every time a role is created.  

https://docs.dnncommunity...nt-system/index.html (the role part is not yet documented, but it's there) 

Anyhow, if that's not an option right now, let's answer it that way!  ;) 

If you need a starting point to get your Role Provider started, just follow the source code that Michael pointed out, and only include the Role Provider class(es) necessary.  And you can use UpendoDNN Generator to scaffold the Library project type you'll want to use to get this started.  

By the way, I don't know when/if we can get around to it, but I just created an Issue to add a Role Provider template for you and everyone else at some point.  :) 

https://github.com/Upendo...upendodnn/issues/238