Get User Data from XML or web.config

[dubbele onzin]

Hello, I want to store some users in an XML file. A user has a username, a display name and a password. Do I need a separate XML file or can I use web.config? I need to list the users by username to populate a drop-down list and I also need to authenticate users by checking their passwords. Here is my sample users XML file: bj Bob Jones aaaa jd John Doe bbbb So I need to write two methods: 1. List each userid 2. Return the password for a named userid And is there any way of using the web.config for this so my system administrator can just use that rather than the separate users.xml file?

[pmarfleet]

Have a look at this article[^] on creating custom configuration sections in web.config.

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[SABhatti]

I don't know about web.config, but from separate xml file yes. 1. List each userid DataSet xmlDS = new DataSet(); xmlDS.ReadXml(xmlfilewithpath, XmlReadMode.Auto); gv.DataSource = xmlDS; // gv is a gridview control on the page gv.DataBind(); 2. Return the password for a named userid // new xml document XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument(); // load the current file as XML document xmlDoc.Load(xmlfilewithpath) // get the password XmlNode curNode = xmlDoc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("users/user[userid='jd']"); string pwd; if(curNode != null) pwd=curNode.SelectSingleNode("password").innerText;

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[dubbele onzin]

Thanks for the answers :)