Starting ASP.NET Forms Authentication

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I'm starting to learn ASP.NET Forms Authentication, and I'm looking for a good article to help me start.

I've heard before that ASP.NET Forms Authentication uses a load of database tables preceeded with aspnet_, however any examples I've found don't show this.

For example I think theres an aspnet_users table?

How can I generate these tables, and is this what I'm supposed to be doing?

Any tutorials I find just tell me about adding the authentication tag into the web.config.

Eranga · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-21 14:20:00Z

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aspnet_ tables are part of SQL membership Provider implementation. Forms authentication works on top of Membership Provider.

Here are some articles

You can even roll out your own Membership Provider which uses your existing table.

The Examining ASP.NET's Membership, Roles, and Profile series is a good starting point. It covers all the security part of ASP>NET.

answered Aug 21, 2011 at 14:20

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Curtis Over a year ago

Cheers @Eranga! Just what I was after!

sohaibafifi · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-21 14:24:56Z

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I would like to recommend the msdn articles :

Forms Authentication Provider http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff647070.aspx
Explained: Forms Authentication in ASP.NET 2.0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9wff0kyh.aspx

here is the schema used :

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answered Aug 21, 2011 at 14:11

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