Is it possible to access a profile without updating LastActivityDate?

Question

In asp.net (using MVC, but this happens in regular too)

Profile.GetProfile(username);

will update the LastActivityDate for that user. This

Answer 1

You might use one ugly workaround which includes changing aspnet_Profile_GetProperties stored procedure. This one is responsible for getting the properties while accessing user profile.

Open this procedure and you will find following code at the bottom:

IF (@@ROWCOUNT > 0)
BEGIN
    UPDATE dbo.aspnet_Users
    SET    LastActivityDate=@CurrentTimeUtc
    WHERE  UserId = @UserId
END

Remove it in order to stop updating the LastActivityDate. You will still get LastActivityDate updated when calling Membership.GetUser(username, true);.