How do I call Initialize on a custom MembershipProvider?

Question

I have read through all the related questions, but I still unable to get the right solution for some reason, something is not right on my side, but not sure what\'s causing

Answer 1

Custom Membership provider is initialized automatically and it is not intended to do so manually.

In my implementation, there is the Initialize metod like below:

public override void Initialize(string name, NameValueCollection config)
{
    if (config == null)
        throw new ArgumentNullException("config");


    // Initialize the abstract base class.
    base.Initialize(name, config);
}

Keep in mind, that the base.Initialize method is in ProviderBase class which has the following exceptions defined:

Exceptions:

• System.ArgumentNullException: The name of the provider is null.

• System.ArgumentException: The name of the provider has a length of zero.

• System.InvalidOperationException: An attempt is made to call System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderBase.Initialize(System.String,System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection) on a provider after the provider has already been initialized.

Isn't the last exception the one you get?