Resetting password with asp.net security

When using hashed passwords, if a user forgets their password, there is no obvious way to reset it, since the old password is needed to assign a new password, and hashed passwords can not be retrieved from the database, the but it can be done.

The key is to reset the password first, then use the reset password to create a new password entered by the administrator.

I put a couple textboxes up on a page (tbPassword and tbConfirmPassword) and in the Web.Config set the requiresQuestionAndAnswer property of the security provider to false.

With that in place, if the administrator puts a value in the "New Password" text box, I know they intend to change the password and call the following code:

if (tbPassword.Text != "")
{
string tempPassword = Membership.Provider.ResetPassword(membershipUser.UserName, "");
Membership.Provider.ChangePassword(membershipUser.UserName, tempPassword, tbPassword.Text);
}

AJAX and browser cache

When using AJAX to update a page, if the user leaves the page and comes back via the back button, the content will revert to the values the page had when it initally loaded.  To remove that behavior the following c# code will force a refresh from the server and display the page based on the latest information on the server.

Response.Buffer = true;
Response.ExpiresAbsolute = DateTime.Now;
Response.Expires = 0;
Response.CacheControl = "no-cache";
Response.Cache.SetNoStore();

Modifying a table in SQL 2008 Mgt Studio

When adding a field or making other changes that requires a table be dropped and re-added, you may receive an error like 

"Saving changes is not permitted. The changes you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created. You have either made changes to a table that can't be re-created or enabled the option Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created."

If that happens, you need to update the management studio options as described here.

ToString()

I am always forgetting how to use ToString() to get things formatted the way I want them.

To format a datetime as a date:

 RequestedShipDate.ToString("d");

 RequestedShipDate.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy");