>>>Sorry for about that. I am using the built in Membership controls. It works quite well except I need to get the user ID that is stored in the aspnet_Membership table. I found the user name in Page.User.Identity.Name. I really don't want to make another trip to the database just to get the userid.
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>>Found this http://www.andreas-kraus.net/blog/aspnet-membership-get-the-userid-of-the-user/
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>>I've searched through my own web pages but didn't find anything relevant in pages I scanned through. I think the above is how we accessed it, but don't recall details exactly.
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>That's exactly the same as my suggestion anyway.....

I thought it was different... But may be it is the same. E.g. Membership.GetUser(); // Does it require a trip to database?

Update. Re-read your suggestion again - yes, it's the same.