Question

For my ASP.NET MVC 3 app (using Razor) my web.config has this:

<profile>
  <providers>
    <clear/>
    <add name="AspNetSqlProfileProvider" type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider" connectionStringName="ApplicationServices" applicationName="/" />
  </providers>
  <properties>
    <add name="FirstName"/>
    <add name="LastName"/>
  </properties>
</profile>

It is my understanding from reading the docs that ASP.NET will automatically generate properties off the HttpContext so that I can access these like this:

 // MyController.cs

 Email = u.Email;
 FirstName = HttpContext.Profile.FirstName;
 LasttName = HttpContext.Profile.LastName;

However, the compiler is bitching that .FirstName and .LastName don’t exist.

What is going on here?

Answer 1

Try this approach:

1. Create a class (name it UserProfile for example) extending ProfileBase
2. Add your public properties Email etc (don’t forget {get;set;})
3. Change your Web.config like the following (change the inherits to your namespace)
4. You should be able to access it now via (UserProfile)HttpContext.Current.Profile

---

Your Web.config:

<profile defaultProvider="AspNetSqlProfileProvider" inherits="Namespace.To.Your.UserProfile">
    <providers>
        <clear/>
        <add name="AspNetSqlProfileProvider" connectionStringName="ConnectionStringName" type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider" applicationName="App" />
    </providers>
</profile>

---

Your profile class:

public class UserProfile : ProfileBase
{
    public string Email
    {
        get { return (string)GetPropertyValue("Email"); }
        set { SetPropertyValue("Email", value); }
    }
}