Account name from People picker

        We have person and group column in sharepoint.

We can specify what should be displayed in that field like Name,Account,Work-Email etc.

If u set it to Name for client purpose and you want Account name for other programming use you can use the following code.

string strName = GetUser(item, item.Fields["Discipline Approver"]).Name;

private SPUser GetUser(SPListItem item, SPField userField)

        {

            string currentValue = item[userField.Title].ToString();

            SPFieldUser field = (SPFieldUser)userField;

            SPFieldUserValue fieldValue = (SPFieldUserValue)field.GetFieldValue(currentValue);

            return fieldValue.User;

        }