>There are membership providers for other DBs. You can also use SQL Express for it.

Hi,
I guess I mentally included SQL Express when I said SQL Server. I know you can write your own provider (in fact I've done so) but I hadn't noticed any other off-the-shelf back-ends? And it can be overkill for very simple sites - for example where role management is not required...

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>>I've used it but hestitated to recommend it without knowing a bit more about Pete's setup.
>>If it's the only thing using SQL Server then there would be quite a bit of overhead ?