Username Hashing

**spiffyaldo2** · 08-04-2007, 05:01 AM

Hello,
I am using the createuserwizard that ships with asp.net 2.0 an I would like to know how to disable Username Hashing. Does anyone know this one?

**Phil Weber** · 08-04-2007, 05:27 AM

Which membership provider are you using? I wasn't aware that ASP.NET hashes usernames, only passwords.

**spiffyaldo2** · 08-04-2007, 01:37 PM

Well, the web administration tool says I'm using a "Custom Provider" for the membership. Not too sure why... but in my aspnet_Membership table there is only a "UserID" field that could possibly be considered being my users' Usernames. I thought that this was the GUID, but when I couldnt find a field with the username in the table, it dawned on me that maybe "Application ID" was the GUID.

Anyhow, I need to be able to update the Email field and dont know how. I figured if i could use the username as an indicator, it would work.... but it's hashed.

**Phil Weber** · 08-04-2007, 02:26 PM

The username is in the aspnet_Users table (in clear text). The simplest way to update a user's information is to use the UpdateUser method of the Membership API: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...pdateuser.aspx .