MembershipUserCollection.Item[String] Property

Definition

Gets the membership user in the collection referenced by the specified user name.

C#
public System.Web.Security.MembershipUser this[string name] { get; }

Parameters

name
String

The UserName of the MembershipUser to retrieve from the collection.

Property Value

A MembershipUser object representing the user specified by name.

Examples

The following code example displays all membership user names in a ListBox and shows specific membership information for the selected user name.

ASP.NET (C#)
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Security" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

MembershipUserCollection users;

public void Page_Load()
{
  users = Membership.GetAllUsers();

  if (!IsPostBack)
  {
    // Bind users to ListBox.
    UsersListBox.DataSource = users;
    UsersListBox.DataBind();
  }


  // If a user is selected, show the properties for the selected user.

  if (UsersListBox.SelectedItem != null)
  {
    MembershipUser u = users[UsersListBox.SelectedItem.Value];

    EmailLabel.Text = u.Email;
    IsOnlineLabel.Text = u.IsOnline.ToString();
    LastLoginDateLabel.Text = u.LastLoginDate.ToString();
    CreationDateLabel.Text = u.CreationDate.ToString();
    LastActivityDateLabel.Text = u.LastActivityDate.ToString();
  }
}

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Sample: View User Information</title>
</head>
<body>

<form runat="server" id="PageForm">

  <h3>View User Information</h3>

  <table border="0" cellspacing="4">
    <tr>
      <td valign="top">
        <asp:ListBox id="UsersListBox" DataTextField="Username" 
                     Rows="8" AutoPostBack="true" runat="server" />
      </td>
      <td valign="top">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
          <tr>
           <td>Email:</td>
           <td><asp:Label runat="server" id="EmailLabel" /></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
           <td>Is Online?:</td>
           <td><asp:Label runat="server" id="IsOnlineLabel" /></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
           <td>LastLoginDate:</td>
           <td><asp:Label runat="server" id="LastLoginDateLabel" /></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
           <td>CreationDate:</td>
           <td><asp:Label runat="server" id="CreationDateLabel" /></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
           <td>LastActivityDate:</td>
           <td><asp:Label runat="server" id="LastActivityDateLabel" /></td>
          </tr>
        </table>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>

</form>

</body>
</html>

Remarks

The MembershipUser object returned by Item[] property contains a snapshot of user information in the membership data store. That is, changes to the membership user information in the MembershipUserCollection are not reflected in the membership data store. To modify membership user information in the membership data store, use the UpdateUser, CreateUser, and DeleteUser methods.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

See also