Removes an instance of a membership provider 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) remove Element for providers for membership (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
<remove name="provider name"/>
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
Attribute | Description |
|---|
name | Required String attribute. Specifies the name of the membership provider object to remove from the collection. |
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. |
The following code example shows how to configure an ASP.NET application to use the SqlMembershipProvider provider to store and retrieve membership information. The <remove> element removes the default SQL Server membership provider object before adding the new SqlMembershipProvider provider.
<configuration>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="SqlServices"
connectionString="Data Source=MySqlServer;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial
Catalog=aspnetdb;" />
</connectionStrings>
<system.web>
<membership
defaultProvider="SqlProvider"
userIsOnlineTimeWindow="20">
<providers>
<remove name="AspNetSqlProvider" />
<add name="SqlProvider"
type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider"
connectionStringName="SqlServices"
enablePasswordRetrieval="false"
enablePasswordReset="true"
requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true"
passwordFormat="Hashed"
applicationName="/" />
</providers>
</membership>
</system.web>
</configuration>
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