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Asked: 2026-05-10T18:17:15+00:00

I need to create a custom membership user and provider for an ASP.NET mvc

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I need to create a custom membership user and provider for an ASP.NET mvc app and I’m looking to use TDD. I have created a User class which inherits from the MembershipUser class, but when I try to test it I get an error that I can’t figure out. How do I give it a valid provider name? Do I just need to add it to web.config? But I’m not even testing the web app at this point.

[failure] UserTests.SetUp.UserShouldHaveMembershipUserProperties TestCase ‘UserTests.SetUp.UserShouldHaveMembershipUserProperties’ failed: The membership provider name specified is invalid. Parameter name: providerName System.ArgumentException Message: The membership provider name specified is invalid. Parameter name: providerName Source: System.Web

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  1. The configuration to add to your unit test project configuration file would look something like this:

      <connectionStrings>      <remove name='LocalSqlServer'/>      <add name='LocalSqlServer' connectionString='<connection string>' providerName='System.Data.SqlClient'/>   </connectionStrings>   <system.web>      <membership defaultProvider='provider'>        <providers>          <add name='provider' applicationName='MyApp' type='System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider' connectionStringName='LocalSqlServer' minRequiredPasswordLength='6' minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters='0' requiresQuestionAndAnswer='false' maxInvalidPasswordAttempts='3' passwordAttemptWindow='15'/>        </providers>      </membership>   </system.web>
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