[newbie] The E-mail supplied is invalid ?
 

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When I run this code I am getting an error:
Error: System.Web.Security.MembershipCreateUserException: The E-mail supplied is invalid. at System.Web.Security.Membership.CreateUser(String username, String password, String email) at System.Web.Security.Membership.CreateUser(String username, String password) at ASP.default_aspx.Button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\TestWebSite\Default.aspx:line 8

[:confused:]

I realized that this was because there wasn't a specific 'catch' so, anyway the code was updated (ref. Pg.774).
...
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
Membership.CreateUser(TextBox1.Text.ToString(), TextBox2.Text.ToString());
Label1.Text = "Successfully created user " + TextBox1.Text;
}
catch (MembershipCreateUserException ex)
{
Label1.Text = "Error: " + ex.ToString();

switch (ex.StatusCode)
{
case MembershipCreateStatus.InvalidEmail:
Label1.Text = "Error: " + "An invalid email address has been updated";
break;

}
}
}
...

However, I'm not sure why this particular exception is being thrown by Membership.CreateUser. Since I'm updating a username and a password.

...
Membership.CreateUser(TextBox1.Text.ToString(), TextBox2.Text.ToString());
...

Related links:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...reateuser.aspx

Maybe you entered an e-mail address that is not in a valid format for an e-mail address?

BTW: no need to call ToString() on the Text property; it's already a string.

Cheers,

Imar

Umm...don't think so. The form prompted me for a username/password. See my notes..

I did of course look at your notes,but the error is coming from the same code that comes with your code so it had to be in there somewhere. It's often a matter of eliminating problems.

Anyway, the problem is in the way you have configured the provider. I'm pretty sure that you have something like requiresUniqueEmail="true" in your web.config; either directly or by inheriting it from system files.

Since this setup requires you to pass a (unique) e-mail address, you get your error when you don't supply an address at all. Simply set it to False and it should work.

Hope this helps,

BTW: were you able to solve the problems with the replies from Lee and me? Some follow up is always appreciated.... ;-)

Imar

Well, the funny thing is that when I wasn't updating any email address this exception was being thrown, hence, the question.

When I walked through the code the exception was being thrown by the Membership.CreateUser. I just did not understand why an invalid email exception was being thrown.

With regards the Logon control and other replies they seem valid although I still have to go through the tutorials again :)

Thanks Imar
 

Hi there, thanks Sir for your help.
I did faced the same problem. But I did not figured out that the requiresUniqueEmail was set to true. you were accurate. Great.

(I am the same person who discussed the issue of Resources.axd with you)

Maybe you entered an e-mail address that is not in a valid format for an e-mail address?

Yeah i guess that is t what the problem is...