System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider.DeleteInactiveProfiles Method

Deletes user profile data for profiles in which the last activity date occurred before the specified date and time.

Syntax

public override int DeleteInactiveProfiles (ProfileAuthenticationOption authenticationOption, DateTime userInactiveSinceDate)

Parameters

authenticationOption
One of the System.Web.Profile.ProfileAuthenticationOption values, specifying whether anonymous, authenticated, or both types of profiles are deleted.
userInactiveSinceDate
A DateTime that identifies which user profiles are considered inactive. If the ProfileInfo.LastActivityDate of a user profile occurs on or before this date and time, the profile is considered inactive.

Returns

The number of profiles deleted from the data source.

Remarks

The SqlProfileProvider.DeleteInactiveProfiles(ProfileAuthenticationOption, DateTime) method is used to remove unused profile data from the data source for the application specified by the applicationName attribute in the configuration file. Use the authenticationOption parameter to specify whether you want only anonymous profiles, only authenticated profiles, or all profiles to be searched. Of the searched profiles, any profile with a ProfileInfo.LastActivityDate that occurs on or before the specified userInactiveSinceDate parameter value is deleted.

The database updates that are performed during the call to the SqlProfileProvider.DeleteInactiveProfiles(ProfileAuthenticationOption, DateTime) method are made within a transaction. If an error is encountered, the transaction is rolled back and no updates are performed.

Requirements

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