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SqlRoleProvider.Initialize Method

Initializes the SQL Server role provider with the property values specified in the ASP.NET application's configuration file. This method is not intended to be used directly from your code.

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

public override void Initialize(
	string name,
	NameValueCollection config
)

Parameters

name
Type: System.String

The name of the SqlRoleProvider instance to initialize.

config
Type: System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection

A System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection that contains the names and values of configuration options for the role provider.

ExceptionCondition
System.Web.HttpException

The ASP.NET application is not running at Medium trust or higher.

System.ArgumentNullException

config is null.

System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderException

The connectionStringName attribute is empty or does not exist in the application configuration file for this SqlRoleProvider instance.

-or-

The applicationName attribute exceeds 256 characters.

-or-

The application configuration file for this SqlRoleProvider instance contains an unrecognized attribute.

This method initializes the SqlRoleProvider with the property values specified in the ASP.NET application configuration file (Web.config) and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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