The `SqlMembershipProvider` class is used by the `Membership` and `MembershipUser` classes to provide membership services for an ASP.NET application using a SQL Server database.
The SqlMembershipProvider class is used by the Membership and MembershipUser classes to provide membership services for an ASP.NET application using a SQL Server database.
System.Object
. System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderBase
. . System.Web.Security.MembershipProvider
. . . System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider
Namespace: System.Web.Security
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
To manually create the database, run the Aspnet_regsql.exe executable found in the %systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\ versionNumber folder and specify the -A m option (for example aspnet_regsql.exe -A m). The database created is called Aspnetdb. Alternatively, run Aspnet_regsql.exe to pull up the GUI configuration mode and choose to configure all ASP.NET Features.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.security.sqlmembershipprovider(v=vs.110).aspx
