Question

I have built an internal Database for Clients. Its C# with an MS-SQL DB. I have integrated the ASP Website SQL Server and the Internal SQL Server to use the one database. Both the Website and the Internal Database are working.

I want to be able to automatically register a client to use the webpage once they have become a Client in my Internal Database. Using ASP (I am learning still) I see there is a membership provider and it seems to do all the validation and so on. Passwords are all handled and encrypted etc..

What would be the best way to add a user to the SQL Tables but keep the security and so on? Can I create a membership provider in my DB Client when adding a Client and use that to create the Clients Login to the Web Page?

I am using the default ASP .NET Web Application Template in VS 2010. The ASP Site is all standard config from the template.

Thanks!

Answer 1

You should call the methods on the membership provider. Don’t get into the specifics of how the membership provider is working, the whole point of the provider model is that you can swap out the default SQL one for any other implementation.

If you look at the MembershipProvider base class (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.security.membershipprovider.aspx) you can see the list of methods that it provides. You will need to call Membership.CreateUser() as part of your custom registration process, it has several overloads to choose between.