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

Removes all membership provider instances from the membership provider collection.

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

<configuration> Element
  system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
    membership Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
      providers Element for membership (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
        clear Element for providers for membership (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.
membership	Configures an application for ASP.NET membership.
providers	Defines a collection of membership providers for ASP.NET membership.

Example

The following code example shows how to configure an ASP.NET application to use the SqlMembershipProvider provider to store and retrieve membership information. The clear element clears the MembershipProviderCollection collection before adding the SqlMembershipProvider.

<configuration>
    <connectionStrings>
        <add name="SqlServices" 
             connectionString="Data Source=MySqlServer;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial 
             Catalog=aspnetdb;" />
    </connectionStrings>
    <system.web>
        <membership 
             defaultProvider="SqlProvider"
             userIsOnlineTimeWindow="20">
             <providers>
                <clear />
                <add name="SqlProvider"
                    type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider"
                    connectionStringName="SqlServices"
                    enablePasswordRetrieval="false"
                    enablePasswordReset="true"
                    requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true"
                    passwordFormat="Hashed"
                    applicationName="/" />
            </providers>
        </membership>
    </system.web>
</configuration>

Element Information

Configuration section handler	System.Web.Configuration.MembershipSection
Configuration member	MembershipSection.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 2003 or Visual Studio 2005

See Also

Tasks

How to: Lock ASP.NET Configuration Settings

Concepts

ASP.NET Configuration Overview

ASP.NET Web Server Controls and Browser Capabilities

Securing ASP.NET Configuration

ASP.NET Configuration Scenarios

Reference

providers Element for membership (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

<configuration> Element

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

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

System.Configuration

System.Web.Configuration

Other Resources

Managing Users by Using Membership

ASP.NET Configuration Files

ASP.NET Configuration Settings

General Configuration Settings (ASP.NET)

ASP.NET Configuration API