Memebership, Role, Profile Provider

6 Jan 2006 4:26 PM

Liming

Hello, I'm a newbie to .NET 2.0 framework from Java, so please bear
with me.

Is there a way to do a generic Provider model or if anyone knows a
product out there that does this? I know .NET says all you have to do
is implement a different provider, but that is some hard work man, who
gotta the time to implement a whole new provider???

If not, is there a mysql/postgrsql provider for Membership,role,
profile and all the related web cotnrols like SqlDataSource? I guess
SqlDataSource is not necssary as I won't use it anyway.

Any suggestions on this will be helpful. thanks.

7 Jan 2006 6:45 PM

john smith

Liming wrote:
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> Hello, I'm a newbie to .NET 2.0 framework from Java, so please bear
> with me.
>
> Is there a way to do a generic Provider model or if anyone knows a
> product out there that does this? I know .NET says all you have to do
> is implement a different provider, but that is some hard work man, who
> gotta the time to implement a whole new provider???
>
> If not, is there a mysql/postgrsql provider for Membership,role,
> profile and all the related web cotnrols like SqlDataSource? I guess
> SqlDataSource is not necssary as I won't use it anyway.
>
> Any suggestions on this will be helpful. thanks.
>

You make it sound like it's very hard work. The .Net FW SDK has sample
code, and you can find more online. There are a few resources worth
looking into, like this one - another GREAT article by Mr Bromberg -
with loads of infos: http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20051119.asp
It has providers for SQLite, a link to a MySQL provider on codeproject,
etc. From all that good stuff, you could probably write your own
PostgreSQL provider in no time at all. I've been considering doing it
for a while as it's a great DB. I'd rather take the time it takes to
write a new provider for a good DB (that will be used a lot) than using
anything MySQL related.