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how to change default connection string of profilebase


I'm using the Profile Feature in my web application. I got a helpful article at http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/290929/Using-ASP-Net-Profile-Feature-in-a-Web-Application. According to this article I coded my web.config , a custom profile class, a profile info class. Following is my code.

My Code

web.config

<profile enabled="true" inherits="app_DeliverMatic.UserProfile" defaultProvider="ProfileProvider">
  <providers >
    <add name="ProfileProvider" applicationName="delivermatic" connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer" type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>
  </providers>
</profile> 

<connectionStrings>
    <clear/>
    <add name="LocalSqlServer" connectionString="Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=mydb;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=uid;Password=pass;"/>
</connectionStrings>  

UserProfile.vb

Public Class UserProfile
    Inherits ProfileBase

    Public ReadOnly Property UserProfileInfo As UserProfileInfo
        Get
            Return DirectCast(GetPropertyValue("UserProfileInfo"), UserProfileInfo)
        End Get
    End Property

    Public Shared Function GetProfile() As UserProfile
        Return DirectCast(HttpContext.Current.Profile, UserProfile)
    End Function

    Public Shared Function GetProfile(ByVal UserName As String) As UserProfile
        Return DirectCast(Create(UserName), UserProfile)
    End Function

End Class  

UserProfileInfo.vb

<Serializable()>
Public Class UserProfileInfo
    Dim _Name As String
    Dim _Company As String
    Dim _Address1 As String
    Dim _Address2 As String
    Dim _City As String
    Dim _State As String
    Dim _Country As String
    Dim _Zip As String
    Dim _PhoneNo As String
    Dim _Mobile As String
    Dim _FaxNo As String
    Dim _Website As String
    Dim _Registration_Email As String

    Public Property Name As String
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _Name = value
        End Set
        Get
            Return _Name
        End Get
    End Property
    Public Property Company As String
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _Company = value
        End Set
        Get
            Return _Company
        End Get
    End Property
    Public Property Address1 As String
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _Address1 = value
        End Set
        Get
            Return _Address1
        End Get
    End Property
    Public Property Address2 As String
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _Address2 = value
        End Set
        Get
            Return _Address2
        End Get
    End Property
    Public Property City As String
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _City = value
        End Set
        Get
            Return _City
        End Get
    End Property
    Public Property State As String
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _State = value
        End Set
        Get
            Return _State
        End Get
    End Property
    Public Property Country As String
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _Country = value
        End Set
        Get
            Return _Country
        End Get
    End Property
    Public Property Zip As String
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _Zip = value
        End Set
        Get
            Return _Zip
        End Get
    End Property
    Public Property PhoneNo As String
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _PhoneNo = value
        End Set
        Get
            Return _PhoneNo
        End Get
    End Property
    Public Property Mobile As String
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _Mobile = value
        End Set
        Get
            Return _Mobile
        End Get
    End Property
    Public Property FaxNo As String
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _FaxNo = value
        End Set
        Get
            Return _FaxNo
        End Get
    End Property
    Public Property Website As String
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _Website = value
        End Set
        Get
            Return _Website
        End Get
    End Property
    Public Property Registration_Email As String
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _Registration_Email = value
        End Set
        Get
            Return _Registration_Email
        End Get
    End Property

    Public Sub New()

    End Sub

    Public Sub New(ByVal Name As String, ByVal Company As String, ByVal Address1 As String, ByVal Address2 As String, ByVal City As String, ByVal State As String, ByVal Country As String, ByVal Zip As String, ByVal PhoneNo As String, ByVal Mobile As String, ByVal FaxNo As String, ByVal Website As String, ByVal Registration_Email As String)
        Me.Name = Name
        Me.Company = Company
        Me.Address1 = Address1
        Me.Address2 = Address2
        Me.City = City
        Me.State = State
        Me.Country = Country
        Me.Zip = Zip
        Me.PhoneNo = PhoneNo
        Me.FaxNo = FaxNo
        Me.Website = Website
        Me.Registration_Email = Registration_Email
    End Sub

End Class  

Code To Use The Profile Provider

Dim profile As UserProfile = UserProfile.GetProfile(lblEmail.Text)
With profile.UserProfileInfo
    .Address1 = txtAddress1.Text
    .Address2 = txtAddress2.Text
    .City = txtCity.Text
    profile.Save()
End With

My Problem
The above code works just fine. But the problem is, if I set the connection string name to anything I want, it gives error. When changing the connection string name I also setting the "connectionStringName" attribute of the profile provider to the new name. It seems that the ProfileBase class works only with connectionStringName set to LocalSqlServer. How can I get rid of this problem?


Solution

  • Solved it. Added <clear/> just before adding the profile provider.

    <providers>
      <clear />
      <add name="ProfileProvider" applicationname="delivermatic" connectionstringname="myCon" type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
    </providers>