Do most people use .NET's SqlMembershipProvider, SqlRoleProvider, and SqlProfileProvider?

Question

Do most people use .NET\'s SqlMembershipProvider, SqlRoleProvider, and SqlProfileProvider when developing a site with membership capabilities?

Or do many people make the

Answer 1

I've used SqlMembership before and it's quite nice, unless you need something custom. I remember needing something like firstname and lastname info and I realised there're no fields for that. In the end instead of extending I've used Comment field of the provider and added name info to there. This is probably a bad practice/lazy/hack way but it worked for me in a tight situation..