Is it possible to use the email instead of username?

Alexis · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

Is it possible to use the email instead of username in the login control.?

I'm using ASP.NET membership functionality.
I'd rather have each user account keyed on an
email instead of a user name. My main problem with user names is that
duplicates become likely and I don't want people to have to enter a bunch of
different user names before a unique one is found.

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Mark Fitzpatrick · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 18

There's nothing to prevent you from asking them to use their email address
as a username. Simply use a regular expression validator when they create
their account to ensure they are entering a valid email. You'll probably
want to hand-code the account creation process and set the username and
email to the value they enter.

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Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - Expression

"Alexis" wrote in message @microsoft.com...
> Is it possible to use the email instead of username in the login control.?
>
> I'm using ASP.NET membership functionality.
> I'd rather have each user account keyed on an
> email instead of a user name. My main problem with user names is that
> duplicates become likely and I don't want people to have to enter a bunch
> of
> different user names before a unique one is found.
>

Michael Nemtsev · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 47

I found using the email as userID more intuitive.

and then u can provide the First/Second name to display user name, without
showing user email

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WBR, Michael Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP].
Blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour

"Alexis" wrote:

> Is it possible to use the email instead of username in the login control.?
>
> I'm using ASP.NET membership functionality.
> I'd rather have each user account keyed on an
> email instead of a user name. My main problem with user names is that
> duplicates become likely and I don't want people to have to enter a bunch of
> different user names before a unique one is found.
>

Eliyahu Goldin · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 39

You can make use of the Membership.GetUserNameByEmail method to get the user
name and authenticate it programmatically.

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Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin
http://usableasp.net

"Alexis" wrote in message @microsoft.com...
> Is it possible to use the email instead of username in the login control.?
>
> I'm using ASP.NET membership functionality.
> I'd rather have each user account keyed on an
> email instead of a user name. My main problem with user names is that
> duplicates become likely and I don't want people to have to enter a bunch
> of
> different user names before a unique one is found.
>

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