Why asp.net Identity user id is string?
With ASP.NET Core, you have a very simple way to specify the data type you want for Identity's models.
First step, override identity classes from < string> to < data type you want> :
public class ApplicationUser : IdentityUser<Guid>{}public class ApplicationRole : IdentityRole<Guid>{}
Declare your database context, using your classes and the data type you want :
public class ApplicationDbContext : IdentityDbContext<ApplicationUser, ApplicationRole, Guid> { public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options) : base(options) { } protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder builder) { base.OnModelCreating(builder); // Customize the ASP.NET Identity model and override the defaults if needed. // For example, you can rename the ASP.NET Identity table names and more. // Add your customizations after calling base.OnModelCreating(builder); } }
And in your startup class, declare the identity service using your models and declare the data type you want for the primary keys :
services.AddIdentity<ApplicationUser, ApplicationRole>() .AddEntityFrameworkStores<ApplicationDbContext, Guid>() .AddDefaultTokenProviders();
Depending on which version of ASP.Net authentication you're using, on the database ASP.NET Identity v2 should be storing it as a uniqueidentifier (Guid) in the AspNetUsers
table. In more preceding versions it will store the user id as an int in the webpages_Membership
table.
I believe it surfaces it as a string so it can be any data type you like under the hood and this can then be cast within your code as required.