Set connection string of membership dynamically from code

Question

I am having a .net web application which uses membership for users validations. The membership has a definition in the web.config file and refer to a connection string in th

Answer 1

There is a much easier solution to this.

1. Create a child class extending SqlMembershipProvider class.
2. Override Initialize method
3. Set connectionString property config["connectionString"]
4. Let the base.Initialize logic continue
5. In the web.config file, instead of SqlMembershipProvider, use your custom class. (if you give it a different name, make sure to set the defaultProvider attribute to match that)