ProfileSection.DefaultProvider Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Web.dll

Gets or sets the name of the default profile provider.

public:
 property System::String ^ DefaultProvider { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

[System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("defaultProvider", DefaultValue="AspNetSqlProfileProvider")]
[System.Configuration.StringValidator(MinLength=1)]
public string DefaultProvider { get; set; }

[<System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("defaultProvider", DefaultValue="AspNetSqlProfileProvider")>]
[<System.Configuration.StringValidator(MinLength=1)>]
member this.DefaultProvider : string with get, set

Public Property DefaultProvider As String

Property Value

String

The name of a provider in the Providers collection, or an empty string (""). The default is "AspNetSqlProfileProvider."

Attributes

ConfigurationPropertyAttribute StringValidatorAttribute

Examples

The following code example shows how to use the DefaultProvider property. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the ProfileSection class.

// Get the current DefaultProvider property value.
Console.WriteLine(
    "Current DefaultProvider value: '{0}'", profileSection.DefaultProvider);

// Set the DefaultProvider property to "AspNetSqlProvider".
profileSection.DefaultProvider = "AspNetSqlProvider";

' Get the current DefaultProvider property value.
Console.WriteLine( _
    "Current DefaultProvider value: '{0}'", profileSection.DefaultProvider)

' Set the DefaultProvider property to "AspNetSqlProvider".
profileSection.DefaultProvider = "AspNetSqlProvider"

Remarks

A profile provider points to a data source in which user profile values are stored. You can specify profile providers in the providers subsection of the profile section of a configuration file.

See also

• Providers
• ProfileModule