ASP.NET Profile section in web.config disappears after successful build

Question

I'm trying to add a section to an ASP.NET web.config file for using the default profile provider. Here's what I'm adding to web.config in the system.web node:

<profile defaultProvider="AspNetSqlProfileProvider">
  <providers>
   <clear/>
   <add name="AspNetSqlProfileProvider"
     type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
     connectionStringName="ApplicationServices"
     applicationName="/"
            />
  </providers>
  <properties>
   <group name="UserDetails">
    <add name="FirstName" />
    <add name="LastName" />
    <add name="BirthDate"
      type="System.DateTime" />
   </group>
  </properties>
 </profile>

I can build the website successfully, but as soon as it completes I get the prompt that web.config has been modified outside of the editor and do I want to reload it. I click Yes, and the profile section disappears. Everything else in the web.config file remains intact and functioning correctly.

Any ideas of where to look for troubleshooting this issue? Thanks!

Answer 1

It sounds like you are editing the output config file in the Web site's root and that the build is overwriting with the unedited config held in the ASP.NET project.