System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider.ApplicationName Property

Gets or sets the name of the application for which to store and retrieve profile information.

Syntax

public override string ApplicationName { set; get; }

Value

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Remarks

The SqlProfileProvider.ApplicationName property is used by the System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider to associate profile information with different applications. This enables multiple applications to use the same database to store user information without running into conflicts between duplicate users. Multiple ASP.NET applications can use the same user database by specifying the same value in the SqlProfileProvider.ApplicationName property. The SqlProfileProvider.ApplicationName property can be set programmatically, or it can be set declaratively in the configuration file for the Web application using the applicationName attribute.

If a value is not specified for the applicationName attribute in the configuration file for the Web application, then the System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.ApplicationVirtualPath value is used for ASP.NET applications. For non-ASP.NET applications, the default value is the System.Diagnostics.ProcessModule.ModuleName value without the file extension.

Note:

Because a single default profile provider instance is used for all of the requests served by an System.Web.HttpApplication object, you can have multiple requests executing concurrently and attempting to set the SqlProfileProvider.ApplicationName property value. The SqlProfileProvider.ApplicationName property is not thread safe for multiple writes, and changing the SqlProfileProvider.ApplicationName property value can result in unexpected behavior for multiple users of an application. It is recommended that you avoid writing code that allows users to set the SqlProfileProvider.ApplicationName property unless you must. An example of an application where setting the SqlProfileProvider.ApplicationName property may be required is an administrative application that manages profile data for multiple applications. Such an application should be a single-user application and not a Web application.

Requirements

Namespace: System.Web.Profile
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Assembly Versions: 2.0.0.0
Since: .NET 2.0