Is it possible to change the username with the Membership API

Question

I am using the default sql membership provider with ASP.NET and I would like to provide a page to change the user\'s username. I believe I am sure I could do this with a cus

Answer 1

Scott Mitchell has a great article describing how to handle this situation here: http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/070109-1.aspx

Important quote from his article:

Unfortunately, idealism and pragmatism only rarely intersect. In some cases - such as allowing a user to change their username - we have no choice but to work directly with the underlying data store.

He also shows how to re-authenticate the user after changing their username/email.