Membership.UpdateUser Method (MembershipUser)
Updates the database with the information for the specified user.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Parameters
- user
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Type:
System.Web.Security.MembershipUser
A MembershipUser object that represents the user to be updated and the updated information for the user.
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| ArgumentNullException | user is null. |
UpdateUser takes, as input, a MembershipUser object populated with current information for the membership user and updates the data source with the property values of the MembershipUser object. You can construct a new MembershipUser, or retrieve a MembershipUser object populated with current values at the data source using the GetUser, GetAllUsers, FindUsersByName, or FindUsersByEmail methods.
The following code example updates the e-mail address for the current logged-on user.
Security Note
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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. |
<%@ Page Language="vb" %> <%@ 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"> Dim u As MembershipUser Public Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, args As EventArgs) u = Membership.GetUser(User.Identity.Name) If Not IsPostBack Then EmailTextBox.Text = u.Email End Sub Public Sub UpdateEmailButton_OnClick(sender As Object, args As EventArgs) Try u.Email = EmailTextBox.Text Membership.UpdateUser(u) Msg.Text = "User e-mail updated." Catch e As System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderException Msg.Text = e.Message End Try End Sub </script> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head> <title>Sample: Update User E-Mail</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <h3>Update E-Mail Address for <%=User.Identity.Name%></h3> <asp:Label id="Msg" ForeColor="maroon" runat="server" /><br /> <table cellpadding="3" border="0"> <tr> <td>E-mail Address:</td> <td><asp:TextBox id="EmailTextBox" MaxLength="128" Columns="30" runat="server" /></td> <td><asp:RequiredFieldValidator id="EmailRequiredValidator" runat="server" ControlToValidate="EmailTextBox" ForeColor="red" Display="Static" ErrorMessage="Required" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><asp:Button id="UpdateEmailButton" Text="Update E-mail" OnClick="UpdateEmailButton_OnClick" runat="server" /></td> </tr> </table> </form> </body> </html>
Available since 2.0
