Question

I have a site using ASP.NET membership. I also have an excel file with about 60 user records. How can I import the records into the membership database, without having to type all 60 into the ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool.

Thank you

Answer 1

foreach (record in recordset) {
    if (!(Roles.RoleExists(record["Role"])) {
        Roles.CreateRole(record["Role"]);
    }
    
    if (Membership.GetUser(record["Username"]) == null) {
        System.Web.Security.MembershipCreateStatus status;
        Membership.CreateUser(record["Username"], record["Password"], record["Email"], record["RSecurityQuestion"], record["SecurityAnswer"], true, status);
        if (status == System.Web.Security.MembershipCreateStatus.Success) {
            Roles.AddUserToRole(record["Username"], record["Role"]);
        }
    }
}

I can’t recall the code to create a recordset from an Excel file off the top of my head.

EDIT: Here is a good post on how to read/write excel files with ADO.NET