System.Web.Security Namespace

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.NET Framework version 2.0

Defines the contract that ASP.NET implements to provide membership services using custom membership providers.

MembershipProvider Class Members

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Properties Visibility Name Value Type Accessibility public ApplicationName String [ Get , Set ] public EnablePasswordReset Boolean [ Get ] public EnablePasswordRetrieval Boolean [ Get ] public MaxInvalidPasswordAttempts Int32 [ Get ] public MinRequiredNonAlphanumericCharacters Int32 [ Get ] public MinRequiredPasswordLength Int32 [ Get ] public PasswordAttemptWindow Int32 [ Get ] public PasswordFormat MembershipPasswordFormat [ Get ] public PasswordStrengthRegularExpression String [ Get ] public RequiresQuestionAndAnswer Boolean [ Get ] public RequiresUniqueEmail Boolean [ Get ]   Methods Visibility Name Parameters Return Type public ChangePassword ( String username , String oldPassword , String newPassword ) Boolean public ChangePasswordQuestionAndAnswer ( String username , String password , String newPasswordQuestion , String newPasswordAnswer ) Boolean public CreateUser ( String username , String password , String email , String passwordQuestion , String passwordAnswer , Boolean isApproved , Object providerUserKey , MembershipCreateStatus& status ) MembershipUser protected DecryptPassword ( Byte encodedPassword ) Byte public DeleteUser ( String username , Boolean deleteAllRelatedData ) Boolean protected EncryptPassword ( Byte password ) Byte protected EncryptPassword ( Byte password , MembershipPasswordCompatibilityMode legacyPasswordCompatibilityMode ) Byte public FindUsersByEmail ( String emailToMatch , Int32 pageIndex , Int32 pageSize , Int32& totalRecords ) MembershipUserCollection public FindUsersByName ( String usernameToMatch , Int32 pageIndex , Int32 pageSize , Int32& totalRecords ) MembershipUserCollection public GetAllUsers ( Int32 pageIndex , Int32 pageSize , Int32& totalRecords ) MembershipUserCollection public GetNumberOfUsersOnline ( ) Int32 public GetPassword ( String username , String answer ) String public GetUser ( Object providerUserKey , Boolean userIsOnline ) MembershipUser public GetUser ( String username , Boolean userIsOnline ) MembershipUser public GetUserNameByEmail ( String email ) String protected OnValidatingPassword ( ValidatePasswordEventArgs e ) Void public ResetPassword ( String username , String answer ) String public UnlockUser ( String userName ) Boolean public UpdateUser ( MembershipUser user ) Void public ValidateUser ( String username , String password ) Boolean   Events Multicast Name Type multicast ValidatingPassword MembershipValidatePasswordEventHandler

ASP.NET membership is designed to enable you to easily use a number of different membership providers for your ASP.NET applications. You can use the supplied membership providers that are included with the .NET Framework, or you can implement your own provider.

When implementing a custom membership provider, you are required to inherit the MembershipProvider abstract class.

There are two primary reasons for creating a custom membership provider.

• You need to store membership information in a data source that is not supported by the membership providers included with the .NET Framework, such as a FoxPro database, an Oracle database, or other data source.
• You need to manage membership information using a database schema that is different from the database schema used by the providers that ship with the .NET Framework. A common example of this would be membership data that already exists in a SQL Server database for a company or Web site.

The MembershipProvider abstract class inherits from the ProviderBase abstract class. MembershipProvider implementations must also implement the required members of ProviderBase.

Membership Class   MembershipUser Class

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