I can't seem to find anything on how to begin configuring so that I may use profiles in my website, and for the life of me I cannot figure it out!

I am new to all of this, but I know how to program in VB so using .NET has been an easy transition. I am creating a website for my boss' company, and as the site grows, so do the ideas for it. Now I find myself needing to use profiles for logins/accounts and perhaps choosing color schemes (which i have accomplished in a roundabout way). I have a limited understanding of how to get myself set up so that I can even use profiles. I downloaded SQL express and installed it, but I don't know how to get everything working together so that my Visual Web Developer express 2005 allows me to use profiles in this manner. As of now, whenever I attempt to use profiles, it just tells me that it is not a member of the '(...).DefaultProfile'.

I think that I can manage making profiles and all of that, I just can't find out what I need and what SQL, database, and other such things I must set up in order for profiles to function.

Thank you very much,
Dylan

Hi there,

On a default installation, profiles "just work". At run-time, a template database is copied to your App_Data folder. This database is then attached to SQL Server using a default connection string called LocalSqlServer that is defined in the Machine.Config file located here: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONF IG (on a default Windows installation)

The following two articles might help in understanding how SQL Server and ASP.NET 2 can play together:

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archi...25/423703.aspx
http://imar.spaanjaars.com/QuickDocId.aspx?quickdoc=395

Hope this helps,

Imar
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