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SausageBuscuit
SausageBuscuit

Reputation: 1276

How do you store custom user data in asp.net?

I may be overlooking a question like this, but I couldn't find it. I have an asp.net site with C# codebehind, and I have a working means of creating user accounts, passwords, and associating other data with each user. I started this site by creating a web application, and the login/register functions were all included and work fine. I also have a database that the user can search and display data on the site (all of this also works). However, I want the user to be able to search the database for data, and then be able to go back to pages that they've saved as pages that they're "following." All I would need to store would be a unique identifier from the database to note that the person wanted to follow that page. Where would be the best place to store these values? Could I do so by saving the data in the aspnetdb database? If so, how would I write custom values in this database if using an asp.net web application?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 367

Answers (1)

Dan Pichelman
Dan Pichelman

Reputation: 2332

If you're using ASP.NET's Membership feature, you'll probably want to use the MembershipUser.ProviderKey as the unique ID mentioned by @dcreight. Use it to access your own table. I would not recommend writing into the aspnetdb directly.

Upvotes: 1

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