clear Element for providers for profile (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

Removes all profile provider instances from the user profile provider collection.

This element is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

<configuration> Element
  system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
    profile Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
      providers Element for profile (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
        clear Element for providers for profile (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

<clear/>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
configuration	Specifies the required root element in every configuration file that is used by the common language runtime and the .NET Framework applications.
system.web	Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration section.
profile	Configures the user profile for an application.
providers	Defines a collection of profile providers for the user profile.

Remarks

For information about accessing and modifying configuration values for the profile element in application code, see ProfileSection.

Example

The following code example shows how to configure an ASP.NET application to use the SqlProfileProvider provider to store and retrieve profile information. The <clear> element clears the ProfileProviderCollection collection before adding the SqlProfileProvider.

<configuration>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="SqlServices" connectionString="Data Source=localhost;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial 
         Catalog=aspnetdb;" />
  </connectionStrings>

  <system.web>
    <authentication mode="Forms" >
      <forms loginUrl="login.aspx" name=".ASPXFORMSAUTH" />
    </authentication>

    <authorization>
      <deny users="?" />
    </authorization>

    <membership defaultProvider="SqlProvider" userIsOnlineTimeWindow="15">
      <providers>
        <clear/>
        <add name="SqlProvider" 
             type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider" 
             connectionStringName="SqlServices"
             applicationName="SampleApplication"
             enablePasswordRetrieval="true"
             enablePasswordReset="true"
             passwordFormat="Encrypted"
             requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true" />
      </providers>
    </membership>

    <profile defaultProvider="SqlProvider">
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <add name="SqlProvider"
             type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider"
             connectionStringName="SqlServices"
             applicationName="SampleApplication"
             description="SqlProfileProvider for SampleApplication" />
      </providers>

      <properties>
        <add name="ZipCode" />
        <add name="CityAndState" />
      </properties>
    </profile>
  </system.web>
</configuration>

Element Information

Configuration section handler	System.Web.Configuration.ProfileSection
Configuration member	ProfileSection.Providers
Configurable locations	Machine.config Root-level Web.config Application-level Web.config
Requirements	Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 5.0, 5.1, or 6.0 The .NET Framework version 2.0 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

See Also

Tasks

How to: Lock ASP.NET Configuration Settings

Concepts

ASP.NET Profile Properties Overview

ASP.NET Configuration Overview

ASP.NET Web Server Controls and Browser Capabilities

Securing ASP.NET Configuration

ASP.NET Configuration Scenarios

Reference

profile Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

<configuration> Element

add Element for providers for profile (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

remove Element for providers for profile (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

ProfileSection

System.Configuration

System.Web.Configuration

Other Resources

ASP.NET Configuration Files

ASP.NET Configuration Settings

General Configuration Settings (ASP.NET)

ASP.NET Configuration API