MembershipUser.ProviderUserKey Property (System.Web.Security)

.NET Framework Class Library

MembershipUser..::.ProviderUserKey Property

Gets the user identifier from the membership data source for the user.

Namespace: System.Web.Security
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property ProviderUserKey As Object

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As MembershipUser
Dim value As Object

value = instance.ProviderUserKey

public virtual Object ProviderUserKey { get; }

Visual C++

public:
virtual property Object^ ProviderUserKey {
    Object^ get ();
}

JScript

public function get ProviderUserKey () : Object

Property Value

Type: System..::.Object
The user identifier from the membership data source for the user.

Remarks

The ProviderUserKey property exposes the identifier from the membership data source typed as object. The type of the identifier depends on the MembershipProvider or the MembershipUser. In the case of the SqlMembershipProvider, the ProviderUserKey can be cast as a Guid, since the SqlMembershipProvider stores the user identifier as a UniqueIdentifier.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Reference

MembershipUser Class

MembershipUser Members

System.Web.Security Namespace

Other Resources

Introduction to Membership