Hello all. I am setting up a website and I need a little advice. When you use the login controls, the ASPNETDB is the database used to store the information. I will have extensive information for each user on the site, can I add tables and relationships to the ASPNETDB database and have it be easy to access? Is it secure to use the Profile API to store the user information? Maybe if I use the Profile API I wouldn't have to worry about the extra tables and relationships, I could just break things down like Profile.Category.SubCategory to store some information.

I am just not sure where to start or what is secure since I am a newbie with databases. Any advice or resources are much appreciated!

Hi there,

You may want to take a look at the Table profile Providers: http://www.asp.net/downloads/sandbox...vider-samples/

They allow you to store data in a separate table with multiple columns, rather than as a single record in the ASP.NET profile table.

Cheers,

Imar


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