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.

<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

System.Web.Configuration.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)
ProfileSection
System.Configuration
System.Web.Configuration

Concepts

ASP.NET Configuration Overview
ASP.NET Web Server Controls and Browser Capabilities
Securing ASP.NET Configuration
ASP.NET Configuration Scenarios

Other Resources

ASP.NET Profile Properties
ASP.NET Configuration Files
ASP.NET Configuration Settings
General Configuration Settings (ASP.NET)
ASP.NET Configuration API