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Membership.UpdateUser(MembershipUser) Method

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.Security
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Updates the database with the information for the specified user.

public:
 static void UpdateUser(System::Web::Security::MembershipUser ^ user);
public static void UpdateUser (System.Web.Security.MembershipUser user);
static member UpdateUser : System.Web.Security.MembershipUser -> unit
Public Shared Sub UpdateUser (user As MembershipUser)

Parameters

user
MembershipUser

A MembershipUser object that represents the user to be updated and the updated information for the user.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

user is null.

Examples

The following code example updates the email address for the current logged-on user.

Important

This example contains a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Security" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

MembershipUser u;

public void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
  u = Membership.GetUser(User.Identity.Name);

  if (!IsPostBack)
  {
    EmailTextBox.Text = u.Email; 
  }
}

public void UpdateEmailButton_OnClick(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
  try
  {
    u.Email = EmailTextBox.Text;

    Membership.UpdateUser(u);
  
    Msg.Text = "User email updated.";
  }
  catch (System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderException e)
  {
    Msg.Text = e.Message;
  }
}

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Sample: Update User E-Mail</title>
</head>
<body>

<form id="form1" runat="server">
  <h3>Update E-Mail Address for <%=User.Identity.Name%></h3>

  <asp:Label id="Msg" ForeColor="maroon" runat="server" /><br />

  <table cellpadding="3" border="0">
    <tr>
      <td>Email Address:</td>
      <td><asp:TextBox id="EmailTextBox" MaxLength="128" Columns="30" runat="server" /></td>
      <td><asp:RequiredFieldValidator id="EmailRequiredValidator" runat="server"
                                    ControlToValidate="EmailTextBox" ForeColor="red"
                                    Display="Static" ErrorMessage="Required" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td></td>
      <td><asp:Button id="UpdateEmailButton" 
                      Text="Update Email" 
                      OnClick="UpdateEmailButton_OnClick" 
                      runat="server" /></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</form>

</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="vb" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Security" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

Dim u As MembershipUser

Public Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, args As EventArgs)

  u = Membership.GetUser(User.Identity.Name)

  If Not IsPostBack Then EmailTextBox.Text = u.Email

End Sub

Public Sub UpdateEmailButton_OnClick(sender As Object, args As EventArgs)

  Try
    u.Email = EmailTextBox.Text

    Membership.UpdateUser(u)
  
    Msg.Text = "User email updated."
  Catch e As System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderException
    Msg.Text = e.Message
  End Try

End Sub

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Sample: Update User E-Mail</title>
</head>
<body>

<form id="form1" runat="server">
  <h3>Update E-Mail Address for <%=User.Identity.Name%></h3>

  <asp:Label id="Msg" ForeColor="maroon" runat="server" /><br />

  <table cellpadding="3" border="0">
    <tr>
      <td>Email Address:</td>
      <td><asp:TextBox id="EmailTextBox" MaxLength="128" Columns="30" runat="server" /></td>
      <td><asp:RequiredFieldValidator id="EmailRequiredValidator" runat="server"
                                    ControlToValidate="EmailTextBox" ForeColor="red"
                                    Display="Static" ErrorMessage="Required" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td></td>
      <td><asp:Button id="UpdateEmailButton" 
                      Text="Update Email" 
                      OnClick="UpdateEmailButton_OnClick" 
                      runat="server" /></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</form>

</body>
</html>

Remarks

UpdateUser takes, as input, a MembershipUser object populated with current information for the membership user and updates the data source with the property values of the MembershipUser object. You can construct a new MembershipUser, or retrieve a MembershipUser object populated with current values at the data source using the GetUser, GetAllUsers, FindUsersByName, or FindUsersByEmail methods.

Applies to

See also