ASP.NET 2.0 ships with a set of providers for different features. We have the profile, membership, personalization and other new features that require a set of database tables and stored procedures, which are known as Application Services Database.
Usually when you create a new web application in ASP.NET 2.0 using either Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Web Developer, those tools would automatically build the database to use in either the Microsoft Sql Server 2005 or in the Microsoft Sql Express 2005.
However, if you still want to use the new features in ASP.NET 2.0 that need the database, with Microsoft Sql Server 2000, that is possible too. There is a tool called aspnet_regsql.exe that you can use in order to install the database on Microsoft Sql Server 2000.
In this post, we will go through a step by step tutorial on how to do so.
First of all, open a new comand prompt windows, go to:
{DriveLetter}:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\{Version Number}\aspnet_regsql.exe
Once you run this, the following screen is shown in front of you:
Click Next.
You have the choice to either install a new Application Services Database or remove an existing one from one of the databases you installed before. In this case we want to install new one, so choose the first option and press Next.
You will need to put your machine name instead of *Development*, it is the name of my VPC that I develop on. You can use either Windows or Sql authentication. In case you want to use Sql Authentication, then should have previously created the username and password on the database you want to install the services databased. Finally choose the database where you to install the services related database. Click Next.
Click Next.
Click Finish.
Hope this tutorial helps,
Regards
Tags: ASP.NET 2.0 - General