providers Element for profile (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

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Defines a collection of profile providers for the user profile.

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)

<providers>
    <add... />
    <remove.../>
    <clear/>
</providers>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element

Description

add

Optional element.

Adds a provider to the collection of profile providers.

clear

Optional element.

Removes a provider from the collection of profile providers.

remove

Optional element.

Clears all previously defined profile providers from the collection.

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.

Remarks

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

Default Configuration

The following default profile element is configured in the Machine.config file in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

  <providers>
    <add name="AspNetSqlProfileProvider" connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer" applicationName="/" type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
  </providers>

Example

The following code example shows how to configure the Web.config file for an ASP.NET application to use a SqlProfileProvider provider.

<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

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)

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

ProfileSection

System.Configuration

System.Web.Configuration

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

Other Resources

ASP.NET Configuration Files

ASP.NET Configuration Settings

General Configuration Settings (ASP.NET)

ASP.NET Configuration API