A typical ASP.NET 2.0 Configuration Settings

A typical ASP.NET 2.0 Configuration Settings

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ASP.NET web application configuration is stored in a web.config file. This file is used to describe the properties and behaviors of various aspects of ASP.NET application.

A typical ASP.NET 2.0 web configuration file is as follows.

< configuration xmlns = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0">

< connectionStrings >

< add name = "ConnectionStr1" connectionString="Server=(local); Database=aspnetdb; User ID=sa; Password=developer" />

</ connectionStrings >

< system.web >

< profile defaultProvider = "SqlProvider">

< providers >

< clear />

< add name = "SqlProvider"

connectionStringName = "ConnectionStr1"applicationName="TestApp"

type = "System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider"

description = "SqlProfileProvider for SampleApplication"

</ providers >

< properties >

< add name = "FirstName"/>

< add name = "LastName"/>

< add name = "LastVisited"/>

< add name = "Age"/>

< add name = "Member"/>

</ properties >

</ profile >

< membership defaultProvider = "SqlProvider">

< providers >

< clear />

< add name = "SqlProvider"

type = "System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"

connectionStringName = "ConnectionStr1"

requiresQuestionAndAnswer = "false"

requiresUniqueEmail = "true"

passwordFormat = "Clear"

minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters = "0"

minRequiredPasswordLength = "3" />

</ providers >

</ membership >

< roleManager enabled = "true" defaultProvider="SqlProvider" >

< providers >

< clear />

< add name = "SqlProvider"

type = "System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider"

connectionStringName = "ConnectionStr1"

</ providers >

</ roleManager >

< authentication mode = "Forms">

< forms name = ".ASPXAUTH"loginUrl="Login.aspx"

protection = "All"

timeout = "30"

path = "/"

requireSSL = "false"

slidingExpiration = "true"

</ authentication >

< sessionState

mode = "InProc"

stateConnectionString = "tcpip=127.0.0.1:42424"

stateNetworkTimeout = "10"

sqlConnectionString = "data source=127.0.0.1; user id=sa; password=P@55worD"

cookieless = "false"

timeout = "20"

< compilation debug = "true"/>

</ system.web >

</ configuration >

1. connectionStrings Section

ASP.NET 2.0 introduces a new section called <connectionStrings> that stores all kinds of connection-string information.

How to retrieve a connection string:

ConfigurationSettings.ConnectionStrings[“ ConnectionStr1”];

2. profile Section

Profile section configures parameters for managing user profile values by using the ASP.NET profile.

The above sample shows how to configure an ASP.NET application to use to SqlProvider store data.

3. membership Section

In the above sample, we specify the default membership provider using the defaultProvider attribute of the membership element. The SqlProvider provider connects to a database server specified by the ConnectionStr1 element in <connectionStrings> section.

4. roleManager Section

The <roleManager> section configures an application for role management. The default role provider is specified as SqlProvider in the above sample, which connect to the same database server as the membership element.

5. authentication

Authentication is a process that verifies the identity of the user and establishes the identity between the server and a request.

ASP.NET 2.0 supports the following authentication methods.

Windows authentication / Passport / Forms

6. sessionState

ASP.NET 2.0 has the capability to persit the session store data in InProc, StateServer, SqlServer and Custom.

References:

1. MSDN

2. Professional ASP.NET 2.0 – Wrox