SqlProfileProvider provides custom User Info // Anything for the Application Entity?

[sloan]

you can use a
ProfileProvider

( with one implmentation being the SqlProfileProvider class )

to add some custom info about a User.

(Height, Weight, EyeColor as an example)


Is there a way to add custom information to the Application (s) ?


The reason I'm asking is I'd like to have a either an Active (bool/bit)
flag, or a daterange
( StartApplicationDate and EndApplicationDate )

so I can setup my applications, but have them active or automatically be
enabled/disabled on the date.



I"m trying to find the intelligent non-hacky way to implement this feature,
instead of hacking up the default membership provider stuff.


Thanks for any hints.




<profile defaultProvider="SqlProvider">
<providers>
<clear />
<add name="SqlProvider"
type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider"
connectionStringName="SqlServices"
applicationName="SampleApplication"
description="SqlProfileProvider for SampleApplication" />
</providers>

<properties>
<add name="Height" />
<add name="Weight" />
<add name="EyeColor" />
</properties>
</profile>

 

[Guest]

If you are going to use the buit-in available providers, no. Profile of
course is specifically targeted at users.
However, there is nothing to stop you from keeping such application-specific
data in a table in your database, and writing a quasi "provider" to access
this data when an application is started.
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[sloan]

Yeah, that is what I was thinking as well.

SqlRoleProvider and SqlMembershipProvider actually look
inheritable-friendly.

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