providers Element for membership (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
Defines a collection of membership providers for ASP.NET membership.
This element is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.
system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
membership Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
providers Element for membership (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
<providers>
<add.../>
<remove.../>
<clear/>
</providers>
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
None.
Child Elements
Element | Description |
|---|---|
add | Adds an instance of a membership provider to the membership provider collection. |
clear | Removes all instances of membership providers from the membership provider collection. |
remove | Removes an instance of a membership provider from the membership provider collection. |
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. |
For information about accessing and modifying configuration values for the membership element in application code, see MembershipSection.
Default Configuration
The following default providers element is configured in the Machine.config file in the .NET Framework version 2.0.
<providers>
<add name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer" enablePasswordRetrieval="false" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true" applicationName="/" requiresUniqueEmail="false" passwordFormat="Hashed" maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="5" minRequiredPasswordLength="7" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="1" passwordAttemptWindow="10" passwordStrengthRegularExpression="" />
<providers>
The following code example shows how to configure an ASP.NET application to use the SqlMembershipProvider provider to store and retrieve user account information.
<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>