SQL aspnet_profile - sql

Question

any idea how I can get user FirstName and LastName from the aspnet_profile table based on UserID using SQL becasue I would like to use in Telerik Reporting as a user parameter.
Sample row (FirstName is George, LastName is Test):
UserID: 06b24b5c-9aa1-426e-b7e4-0771c5f85e85
PropertyName: MobilePhone:S:0:0:Initials:S:0:1:City:S:1:14:FirstName:S:15:6:PostalCode:S:21:7:‌​WorkPhone:S:28:12:LastName:S:40:5:Address1:S:45:17:Address2:S:62:0:Province:S:62:‌​2:Organization:S:64:4:ClinicId:S:68:1:Country:S:69:6:Fax:S:75:0:MSPNumber:S:75:0:‌​
PropertyValuesString: HEast HustonEASGeorgeT7D 1N8604-111-2222Test5555 Beddtvue AveDCHCNL2Canada
PropertyValuesBinary: <Binary data>
LastUpdateDate: 2010-01-02 22:22:03.947

Answer 1

If you insist on using SQL, I'm sure a large number of SUBSTRINGs and PATINDEXes will get you there but it won't be a clean solution.
Update: user373721 found a great resource and posted a comment about it, but it can be easily missed, so I decided to add it to the answer, too - How to get asp.net profile value from MS SQL database using T-SQL?
The built-in dbo.aspnet_Profile_GetProperties stored procedure returns the PropertyValuesString value that is later parsed in the ParseDataFromDB
function.
private void GetPropertyValuesFromDatabase(string userName, SettingsPropertyValueCollection svc)
{
if (HostingEnvironment.IsHosted && EtwTrace.IsTraceEnabled(4, 8))
{
EtwTrace.Trace(EtwTraceType.ETW_TYPE_PROFILE_BEGIN, HttpContext.Current.WorkerRequest);
}
HttpContext current = HttpContext.Current;
string[] names = null;
string values = null;
byte[] buffer = null;
if (current != null)
{
if (!current.Request.IsAuthenticated)
{
string anonymousID = current.Request.AnonymousID;
}
else
{
string name = current.User.Identity.Name;
}
}
try
{
SqlConnectionHolder connection = null;
SqlDataReader reader = null;
try
{
connection = SqlConnectionHelper.GetConnection(this._sqlConnectionString, true);
this.CheckSchemaVersion(connection.Connection);
SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("dbo.aspnet_Profile_GetProperties", connection.Connection) {
CommandTimeout = this.CommandTimeout,
CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
};
command.Parameters.Add(this.CreateInputParam("#ApplicationName", SqlDbType.NVarChar, this.ApplicationName));
command.Parameters.Add(this.CreateInputParam("#UserName", SqlDbType.NVarChar, userName));
command.Parameters.Add(this.CreateInputParam("#CurrentTimeUtc", SqlDbType.DateTime, DateTime.UtcNow));
reader = command.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.SingleRow);
if (reader.Read())
{
names = reader.GetString(0).Split(new char[] { ':' });
values = reader.GetString(1);
int length = (int) reader.GetBytes(2, 0L, null, 0, 0);
buffer = new byte[length];
reader.GetBytes(2, 0L, buffer, 0, length);
}
}
finally
{
if (connection != null)
{
connection.Close();
connection = null;
}
if (reader != null)
{
reader.Close();
}
}
ProfileModule.ParseDataFromDB(names, values, buffer, svc);
if (HostingEnvironment.IsHosted && EtwTrace.IsTraceEnabled(4, 8))
{
EtwTrace.Trace(EtwTraceType.ETW_TYPE_PROFILE_END, HttpContext.Current.WorkerRequest, userName);
}
}
catch
{
throw;
}
}
internal static void ParseDataFromDB(string[] names, string values, byte[] buf, SettingsPropertyValueCollection properties)
{
if (((names != null) && (values != null)) && ((buf != null) && (properties != null)))
{
try
{
for (int i = 0; i < (names.Length / 4); i++)
{
string str = names[i * 4];
SettingsPropertyValue value2 = properties[str];
if (value2 != null)
{
int startIndex = int.Parse(names[(i * 4) + 2], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
int length = int.Parse(names[(i * 4) + 3], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
if ((length == -1) && !value2.Property.PropertyType.IsValueType)
{
value2.PropertyValue = null;
value2.IsDirty = false;
value2.Deserialized = true;
}
if (((names[(i * 4) + 1] == "S") && (startIndex >= 0)) && ((length > 0) && (values.Length >= (startIndex + length))))
{
value2.SerializedValue = values.Substring(startIndex, length);
}
if (((names[(i * 4) + 1] == "B") && (startIndex >= 0)) && ((length > 0) && (buf.Length >= (startIndex + length))))
{
byte[] dst = new byte[length];
Buffer.BlockCopy(buf, startIndex, dst, 0, length);
value2.SerializedValue = dst;
}
}
}
}
catch
{
}
}
}

Answer 2

http://www.karpach.com/Get-asp-net-profile-value-MS-SQL-database-using-T-SQL.htm
this helped me tremendously!
following the steps in that link allowed me to fetch any particular data in the PropertyValueString from the aspnet_profile table.
copying and pasting-
First Function:
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fn_GetElement
(
#ord AS INT,
#str AS VARCHAR(8000),
#delim AS VARCHAR(1) )
RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN
-- If input is invalid, return null.
IF #str IS NULL
OR LEN(#str) = 0
OR #ord IS NULL
OR #ord < 1
-- #ord > [is the] expression that calculates the number of elements.
OR #ord > LEN(#str) - LEN(REPLACE(#str, #delim, '')) + 1
RETURN NULL
DECLARE #pos AS INT, #curord AS INT
SELECT #pos = 1, #curord = 1
-- Find next element's start position and increment index.
WHILE #curord < #ord
SELECT
#pos = CHARINDEX(#delim, #str, #pos) + 1,
#curord = #curord + 1
RETURN
CAST(SUBSTRING(#str, #pos, CHARINDEX(#delim, #str + #delim, #pos) - #pos) AS INT)
END
Second Function:
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fn_GetProfileElement
(
#fieldName AS NVARCHAR(100),
#fields AS NVARCHAR(4000),
#values AS NVARCHAR(4000))
RETURNS NVARCHAR(4000)
AS
BEGIN
-- If input is invalid, return null.
IF #fieldName IS NULL
OR LEN(#fieldName) = 0
OR #fields IS NULL
OR LEN(#fields) = 0
OR #values IS NULL
OR LEN(#values) = 0
RETURN NULL
-- locate FieldName in Fields
DECLARE #fieldNameToken AS NVARCHAR(20)
DECLARE #fieldNameStart AS INTEGER,
#valueStart AS INTEGER,
#valueLength AS INTEGER
-- Only handle string type fields (:S:)
SET #fieldNameStart = CHARINDEX(#fieldName + ':S',#Fields,0)
-- If field is not found, return null
IF #fieldNameStart = 0 RETURN NULL
SET #fieldNameStart = #fieldNameStart + LEN(#fieldName) + 3
-- Get the field token which I've defined as the start of the
-- field offset to the end of the length
SET #fieldNameToken = SUBSTRING(#Fields,#fieldNameStart,LEN(#Fields)-#fieldNameStart)
-- Get the values for the offset and length
SET #valueStart = dbo.fn_getelement(1,#fieldNameToken,':')
SET #valueLength = dbo.fn_getelement(2,#fieldNameToken,':')
-- Check for sane values, 0 length means the profile item was
-- stored, just no data
IF #valueLength = 0 RETURN ''
-- Return the string
RETURN SUBSTRING(#values, #valueStart+1, #valueLength)
END
SQL Query can be modded to your needs
SELECT dbo.fn_GetProfileElement('FirstName',PropertyNames,PropertyValuesString)
, dbo.fn_GetProfileElement('LastName',PropertyNames,PropertyValuesString)
FROM aspnet_Profile

Answer 3

For those who are still looking for a method to parse the aspnet_Profile table using pure SQL. Here is what I use:
First you need a Tally table. If you do not know what this is, read this article by Jeff Moden: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/62867/
For you to generate the tally table use this script:
SELECT TOP 11000 IDENTITY(INT,1,1) AS N INTO dbo.Tally FROM Master.dbo.SysColumns sc1, Master.dbo.SysColumns sc2
--===== Add a Primary Key to maximize performance
ALTER TABLE dbo.Tally ADD CONSTRAINT PK_Tally_N PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (N) WITH FILLFACTOR = 100
--===== Let the public use it
GRANT SELECT, REFERENCES ON dbo.Tally TO PUBLIC
Now on to parsing the ProfileData:
The process below is the fastest way I found to do this after lots of testing on my specific data. I have tested parsing the complete table in one go, but that runs slower than using the function below and parsing one user at a time with a CROSS APPLY.
So to call the function, use something like:
SELECT bla, bla
FROM aspnet_Users u CROSS APPY dbo.ProfileProperties(u.UserID)
The only thing you need to do is to update 3 things to contain the Profile Properties that you use:
1) the return table
2) the PIVOT statement, and
3) the insert statement copying the data from the PIVOT into the return table
Here is the function, Enjoy!
/** =============================================
** Author: Francois Grobler
** Create date: 2013-04-25
** Description: This function extracts all
** Profile Properties for a given UserId,
** and returns them as a table
** Change History:
** Date: Author: Change:
**
** ============================================= **/
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.ProfileProperties
(
#UserID UNIQUEIDENTIFIER
)
RETURNS #returnTable TABLE(
FirstName nvarchar(200)
, LastName nvarchar(200)
, PassportNumber nvarchar(100)
, PositionCode int
, CellNumber nvarchar(20)
, Telephone nvarchar(30)
, FaxNumber nvarchar(20)
, Email nvarchar(200)
, PersalNumber nvarchar(10)
, SouthAfricanIdentityNumber nchar(13)
, ContractNumber nvarchar(20)
, DepartmentName nvarchar(200)
, SiteName nvarchar(200)
, DepartmentCode int
, SiteCode int
, UserAccessCode int
, ApproverCode int
)
WITH SCHEMABINDING
AS
BEGIN
WITH Properties(PropertyNo, PropertyType, UserId, Value)
AS
(
SELECT (ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY UserId) - 1) / 4 PropertyNo
, (ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY p.UserId ORDER BY UserId) - 1) % 4 PropertyType
, p.UserId
, SUBSTRING(':' + CONVERT(nvarchar(4000), p.PropertyNames), n + 1, CHARINDEX(':', ':' + CONVERT(nvarchar(4000), p.PropertyNames), n + 1) - n - 1) Value
FROM dbo.Tally, dbo.aspnet_Profile p
WHERE n < LEN(':' + CONVERT(nvarchar(4000), p.PropertyNames))
and SUBSTRING(':' + CONVERT(nvarchar(4000), p.PropertyNames), n, 1) = ':'
and p.UserId = #UserID
)
, FlatProperties(UserId, Property, ValueType, StartIndex, ValueLength)
AS
(
SELECT UserId
, MAX(CASE WHEN PropertyType = 0 THEN Value ELSE '' END) Property
, MAX(CASE WHEN PropertyType = 1 THEN Value ELSE '' END) ValueType
, MAX(CASE WHEN PropertyType = 2 THEN CONVERT(int, Value) + 1 ELSE 0 END) StartIndex
, MAX(CASE WHEN PropertyType = 3 THEN CONVERT(int, Value) ELSE 0 END) ValueLength
FROM
Properties
GROUP BY UserID, PropertyNo
)
, PropertyValues(UserID, PropertyName, PropertyValue)
AS
(
SELECT p.UserID, fp.Property
, CASE fp.ValueType
WHEN 'S' THEN SUBSTRING(p.PropertyValuesString, fp.StartIndex, fp.ValueLength)
ELSE SUBSTRING(p.PropertyValuesBinary, fp.StartIndex, fp.ValueLength) END Value
FROM dbo.aspnet_Profile p INNER JOIN flatProperties fp ON p.UserId = fp.UserId
WHERE p.UserId = #UserID
)
, PropertyTable
AS
(
SELECT
UserID
, pvt.[FirstName]
, pvt.[LastName]
, pvt.[PassportNumber]
, pvt.[PositionCode]
, pvt.[CellNumber]
, pvt.[Telephone]
, pvt.[FaxNumber]
, pvt.[Email]
, pvt.[PersalNumber]
, pvt.[SouthAfricanIdentityNumber]
, pvt.[ContractNumber]
, pvt.[DepartmentName]
, pvt.[SiteName]
, pvt.[DepartmentCode]
, pvt.[SiteCode]
, pvt.[UserCode] UserAccessCode
, pvt.[ApproverCode]
FROM PropertyValues
PIVOT (
MAX(PropertyValue) FOR PropertyName IN ([FirstName],[LastName],[PassportNumber],[PositionCode],[CellNumber],[Telephone],[FaxNumber],[Email],[PersalNumber],[SouthAfricanIdentityNumber],[ContractNumber],[DepartmentName],[SiteName],[DepartmentCode],[SiteCode],[UserCode],[ApproverCode])
) AS pvt
)
INSERT INTO #returnTable
(
FirstName
, LastName
, PassportNumber
, PositionCode
, CellNumber
, Telephone
, FaxNumber
, Email
, PersalNumber
, SouthAfricanIdentityNumber
, ContractNumber
, DepartmentName
, SiteName
, DepartmentCode
, SiteCode
, UserAccessCode
, ApproverCode
)
SELECT TOP 1
FirstName
, LastName
, PassportNumber
, PositionCode
, CellNumber
, Telephone
, FaxNumber
, Email
, PersalNumber
, SouthAfricanIdentityNumber
, ContractNumber
, DepartmentName
, SiteName
, DepartmentCode
, SiteCode
, UserAccessCode
, ApproverCode
FROM PropertyTable;
RETURN;
END
GO