Membership::Provider Property
Gets a reference to the default membership provider for the application.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Web.Security::MembershipProviderThe default membership provider for the application exposed using the MembershipProvider abstract base class.
The Provider property enables you to reference the default membership provider for an application directly. This is commonly used to access custom members of the membership provider that are not part of the MembershipProvider abstract base class.
The following code example accesses the default SqlMembershipProvider enabled for the application using the Provider property in order to determine the value of the custom RequiresUniqueEmail property.
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
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