Update Membership property. Method not supported

Question

I've tried to research the exception I'm getting for a couple of hours now with no progress.

I'm simply trying update a Membership profile using the following code:

MembershipUser user = Membership.GetUser(username);
user.IsApproved = false;
Membership.UpdateUser(user);

So the problem is with the last line in the above code sample. The server is throwing an exception stating that the specified method is not supported. I have no build errors and I believe I'm using the correct libraries.

Any idea why something like this would occur?

Server Error in '/' Application.

Specified method is not supported.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. 

Exception Details: System.NotSupportedException: Specified method is not supported.

Source Error: 


Line 58:                     MembershipUser user = Membership.GetUser("asdf", false);
Line 59:                     user.IsApproved = false;
Line 60:                     Membership.UpdateUser(user);
Line 61: 
Line 62:                     // -----------------

    Source File: d:\Coding\ASP.NET\Source\Controllers\AccountController.cs    Line: 60 

    Stack Trace: 


    [NotSupportedException: Specified method is not supported.]
       WebMatrix.WebData.SimpleMembershipProvider.UpdateUser(MembershipUser user) +38206
       System.Web.Security.MembershipUser.Update() +91
       System.Web.Security.Membership.UpdateUser(MembershipUser user) +19
       Source.Controllers.AccountController.Register(RegisterModel model) in d:\Coding\ASP.NET\Source\Controllers\AccountController.cs:60
       lambda_method(Closure , ControllerBase , Object[] ) +180
       System.Web.Mvc.ActionMethodDispatcher.Execute(ControllerBase controller, Object[] parameters) +14
       System.Web.Mvc.ReflectedActionDescriptor.Execute(ControllerContext controllerContext, IDictionary`2 parameters) +211
       System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethod(ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionDescriptor actionDescriptor, IDictionary`2 parameters) +27
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass42.<BeginInvokeSynchronousActionMethod>b__41() +28
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass8`1.<BeginSynchronous>b__7(IAsyncResult _) +10
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End() +57
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeActionMethod(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +48
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass39.<BeginInvokeActionMethodWithFilters>b__33() +57
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass4f.<InvokeActionMethodFilterAsynchronously>b__49() +223
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass4f.<InvokeActionMethodFilterAsynchronously>b__49() +223
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass37.<BeginInvokeActionMethodWithFilters>b__36(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +10
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End() +57
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeActionMethodWithFilters(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +48
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass2a.<BeginInvokeAction>b__20() +24
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass25.<BeginInvokeAction>b__22(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +102
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End() +57
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeAction(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +43
       System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClass1d.<BeginExecuteCore>b__18(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +14
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass4.<MakeVoidDelegate>b__3(IAsyncResult ar) +23
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End() +62
       System.Web.Mvc.Controller.EndExecuteCore(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +57
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass4.<MakeVoidDelegate>b__3(IAsyncResult ar) +23
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End() +62
       System.Web.Mvc.Controller.EndExecute(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +47
       System.Web.Mvc.Controller.System.Web.Mvc.Async.IAsyncController.EndExecute(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +10
       System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClass8.<BeginProcessRequest>b__3(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +25
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass4.<MakeVoidDelegate>b__3(IAsyncResult ar) +23
       System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End() +62
       System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +47
       System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.System.Web.IHttpAsyncHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult result) +9
       System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +9629708
       System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +155

    Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.1

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Which Membership provider are you using? If it's the Default then you're probably using the SimpleMembership Provider which ships with MVC 4 — John Mc, Nov 01 '12 at 17:19
Thanks, guys. I'll look into how to update a user profile using the simple membership provider. — Bobby Knezevic, Nov 01 '12 at 17:27
I've had a bunch of problems with `SimpleMembership` [see also](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12413780/mvc-4-simplemembership-haslocalaccount-method-not-found) I ended up writing my own function to duplicate it :( — Eonasdan, Nov 01 '12 at 18:13

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 01 '12 at 18:52

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SimpleMembership, as the name implies, is very simple and does not implement all of the MembershipProvider methods; just those required for MVC basic authentication and authorization. If you try to use a method that is not implemented you will get that exception. You can either create your own MembershipProvider from scratch or you can inherit from SimpleMembership and implement the methods that are not implemented.

answered Nov 01 '12 at 18:52

Kevin Junghans

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I have same problem, Did you mean that I should add a field to the UserProfile in My models, It is not possible to use Membership? – ar.gorgin Jan 19 '15 at 10:05
@ar.gorgin - No, I am talking about extending SimpleMembershipProvider http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/webmatrix.webdata.simplemembershipprovider(v=vs.111).aspx or creating your own MembershipProvider http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f1kyba5e(v=vs.140).aspx – Kevin Junghans Jan 19 '15 at 13:52
Thanks, Sorry, Can you add a sample for defined `SimpleMembershipProvider`. I use `var membership = (WebMatrix.WebData.SimpleMembershipProvider)Membership.Provider;` bu i get error :( – ar.gorgin Jan 21 '15 at 09:39

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