MembershipProvider.PasswordStrengthRegularExpression Property
Definition
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Gets the regular expression used to evaluate a password.
public:
abstract property System::String ^ PasswordStrengthRegularExpression { System::String ^ get(); };
public abstract string PasswordStrengthRegularExpression { get; }
member this.PasswordStrengthRegularExpression : string
Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property PasswordStrengthRegularExpression As String
Property Value
A regular expression used to evaluate a password.
Examples
The following example shows the membership Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema) configuration element in the system.web
section of the application's Web.config file. It specifies that the application use an instance of the SqlMembershipProvider class to provide membership services, and sets the passwordStrengthRegularExpression
attribute to a regular expression that validates that the password meets the following criteria:
Is greater than seven characters.
Contains at least one digit.
Contains at least one special (non-alphanumeric) character.
If the password does not meet these criteria, the password is not accepted by the membership provider.
<membership defaultProvider="SqlProvider"
userIsOnlineTimeWindow = "20>
<providers>
<add
name="SqlProvider"
type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider"
connectionStringName="SqlServices"
requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true"
passwordStrengthRegularExpression="@\"(?=.{6,})(?=(.*\d){1,})(?=(.*\W){1,})"
/>
</providers>
</membership>
Remarks
The PasswordStrengthRegularExpression property gets the regular expression used to evaluate password complexity for the MembershipProvider object.
The PasswordStrengthRegularExpression property is set in the application configuration using the passwordStrengthRegularExpression
attribute of the membership Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema) configuration element.