Accessing ASPNETDB from outside web application

Hi there,

I have a slight problem. I have a web service running on my server. In this, I need to access values in User's profiles. The problem is of course, that Profile, ProfileCommon, ProfileBase, etc... are not available to me here.

What can I do?

Is using an SQL command best? If so, could someone post an example SQL command - I am getting confused by how to structure the command, since I need Membership data like UserName, and Profile data (an object serialized as binary in the Profile).

Kind regards,

kreid

Hi Kreid,

To share the ASPNETDB to another application, you will need to attach the database to an instance of SQL Server. Then change the connection string of both applications to point to that database.

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Hi Kevin,

I'm having the sampe problem even though I have my ASPNETDB in an SQL-server. After thoroughly checking the interfaces, and forums, there is apparently no way to access the Profile from a console application. Certainly, I can do a LINQ query and get the Profile properties string and values string from the ASPNETDB, but then parse them myself etc.? There must be a better way? Any tips/examples out there?

Thanks!

Richard

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The Solution:

http://blogs.msdn.com/msdnts/archive/2006/12/16/asp-net-2-0-membership-role-management-out-of-asp-net-context.aspx