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

Here's a version that incorporates the Enterprise Libraries DAB and a couple other minor changes. Also, I don't see a point in returning a Boolean, since it's either going succeed or throw an exception.

        public static void ChangeUsername(string oldUsername, string newUsername)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(oldUsername))
        {
            throw new ArgumentNullException("oldUsername cannot be null or empty");
        }

        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(newUsername))
        {
            throw new ArgumentNullException("newUsername cannot be null or empty");
        }

        if (oldUsername.Equals(newUsername))
        {
            return;
        }

        Database db = DatabaseFactory.CreateDatabase();
        using (DbCommand cmd = db.GetSqlStringCommand("UPDATE dbo.aspnet_Users SET UserName=@NewUsername, LoweredUserName=@LoweredNewUsername WHERE UserName=@OldUsername"))
        {
            db.AddInParameter(cmd, "@OldUsername", DbType.String, oldUsername);
            db.AddInParameter(cmd, "@NewUsername", DbType.String, newUsername);
            db.AddInParameter(cmd, "@LoweredNewUsername", DbType.String, newUsername.ToLower());

            db.ExecuteNonQuery(cmd);                
        }
    }