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Asked: 2026-05-12T16:23:45+00:00

Two web applications I’m working with are using the ASP.NET membership and each have

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Two web applications I’m working with are using the ASP.NET membership and each have areas for user information which use this Property name/value storage method in the database.

Here is an example:

PropertyNameValues

publicEmail:S:0:19:yahooIM:S:19:0:timezone:S:19:2:commonName:S:21:4:birthdate:S:25:81:signatureFormatted:S:106:0:gender:S:106:1:fontsize:S:107:1:signature:S:108:0:dateFormat:S:108:15:enableEmoticons:S:123:4:webLog:S:127:0:enablePostPreviewPopup:S:127:5:location:S:132:12:bio:S:144:0:webAddress:S:144:0:interests:S:144:0:icqIM:S:144:0:aolIM:S:144:0:language:S:144:5:occupation:S:149:0:msnIM:S:149:0:

PropertyValues

someemailhere@here.com-6Asia<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<dateTime>0001-01-01T00:00:00</dateTime>20ddd, MMM d yyyyTrueFalseTest Testing-US

I can see the jist of how it works, name values show at what length in the property value string to begin grabbing and when to end – but is there an existing function to split these apart into an array or something?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It looks like you’re referring to the ASP.NET Profile system.

    Within the code-behind of an aspx page, just use Profile.publicEmail, Profile.yahooIM, etc. There’s an automatically generated class that parses that out for you. See the linked article for more details.

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