MembershipUser.ProviderUserKey Property (System.Web.Security)

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MembershipUser.ProviderUserKey Property

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

Namespace:  System.Web.Security
Assembly:  System.Web.ApplicationServices (in System.Web.ApplicationServices.dll)
Syntax
Visual Basic
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property ProviderUserKey As Object
	Get
C#
public virtual Object ProviderUserKey { get; }
Visual C++
public:
virtual property Object^ ProviderUserKey {
	Object^ get ();
}
F#
abstract ProviderUserKey : Object
override 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.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
See Also

Reference

MembershipUser Class
System.Web.Security Namespace

Other Resources

Introduction to Membership