Membership.FindUsersByEmail Method (String)

Gets a collection of membership users where the e-mail address contains the specified e-mail address to match.

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

public static MembershipUserCollection FindUsersByEmail (
	string emailToMatch
)
public static MembershipUserCollection FindUsersByEmail (
	String emailToMatch
)
public static function FindUsersByEmail (
	emailToMatch : String
) : MembershipUserCollection
Not applicable.

Parameters

emailToMatch

The e-mail address to search for.

Return Value

A MembershipUserCollection that contains all users that match the emailToMatch parameter. Leading and trailing spaces are trimmed from the emailToMatch parameter value.

FindUsersByEmail returns a list of membership users where the e-mail address matches the supplied emailToMatch for the configured applicationName.

The SqlMembershipProvider performs its search using a LIKE clause against the emailToMatch parameter. Any wildcards that are supported by SQL Server in LIKE clauses can be used in the emailToMatch parameter value.

The following code example uses the FindUsersByEmail method to retrieve membership user information from the membership database based on user input and displays the results in pages of data.

Security noteSecurity Note:

This example contains a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview (Visual Studio).

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Security" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

public void GoButton_OnClick(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
  UserGrid.DataSource = Membership.FindUsersByEmail(EmailTextBox.Text);
  UserGrid.DataBind();
}

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Sample: Find Users by Email</title>
</head>
<body>

<form id="form1" runat="server">
  <h3>User List</h3>

  E-mail address to Search for: 
    <asp:TextBox id="EmailTextBox" runat="server" />
    <asp:Button id="GoButton" Text=" Go " OnClick="GoButton_OnClick" runat="server" /><br />

  <asp:DataGrid id="UserGrid" runat="server"
                CellPadding="2" CellSpacing="1"
                Gridlines="Both">
    <HeaderStyle BackColor="darkblue" ForeColor="white" />
  </asp:DataGrid>

</form>

</body>
</html>

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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