Run the SQL Script to Create and Register a User with DNN

The following SQL Script was written by Mitchel Sellers and can be found in the article Creating a Standard DotNetNuke User Via SQL.
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/*
THE FOLLOWING STORED PROCEDURE CAN BE USED TO CREATE AND REGISTER A USER WITH DNN. IN ORDER TO WORK, THIS PROCEDURE NEEDS TO HAVE A DEFAULT USER ACCOUNT FROM WHICH TO COPY THE PASSWORD DETAILS.
*/

SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO

CREATE PROCEDURE spr_dnm_RegisterUser

–@RootUser nvarchar ( 256 ),
@FirstName nvarchar (256),
@LastName nvarchar (256),
@DisplayName nvarchar (256),
@UserName nvarchar(256) ,
@Email nvarchar(256)

/*
@Password nvarchar(128), –From the existing user
@PasswordSalt nvarchar(128), –From the existing user
@PasswordFormat int, –From the existing user
@PortalId int, –From the existing data
*/

/*
@ApplicationName nvarchar(256) = ‘DotNetNuke’,
@PasswordQuestion nvarchar(256) = ”,
@PasswordAnswer nvarchar(128) = ”,
@IsApproved bit = 1,
@CurrentTimeUtc datetime = NULL,
@CreateDate datetime = NULL,
@UniqueEmail int = 0
*/

AS
BEGIN

DECLARE @RootUser nvarchar (15) = ‘dummy’

DECLARE @ApplicationName nvarchar(256) = ‘DotNetNuke’
DECLARE @PasswordQuestion nvarchar(256) = ”
DECLARE @PasswordAnswer nvarchar(128) = ”
DECLARE @IsApproved bit = 1
DECLARE @CurrentTimeUtc datetime = NULL
DECLARE @CreateDate datetime = NULL
DECLARE @UniqueEmail int = 0

/*
SET @ApplicationName = ‘DotNetNuke’
SET @PasswordQuestion = ”
SET @PasswordAnswer = ”
SET @IsApproved = 1
SET @CurrentTimeUtc = NULL
SET @CreateDate = NULL
SET @UniqueEmail = 0
*/

SET NOCOUNT ON;

DECLARE @UserId uniqueidentifier
DECLARE @DNNUserId int

DECLARE @Password nvarchar(128) –From the existing user
DECLARE @PasswordSalt nvarchar(128) –From the existing user
DECLARE @PasswordFormat nvarchar(256) –From the existing user
DECLARE @PortalId int — From the existing data

IF ( @CurrentTimeUtc IS NULL ) SET @CurrentTimeUtc = GETDATE()
IF ( @CreateDate IS NULL ) SET @CreateDate = GETDATE()

SELECT @Password = m.password, @PasswordSalt = m.passwordsalt, @PasswordFormat = m.passwordformat
FROM aspnet_users u INNER JOIN aspnet_membership m ON (u.userid = m.userid)
WHERE u.UserName = @RootUser

SELECT @PortalId = PortalID–,PortalName
FROM Portals

–Make the stored procedure call
EXEC dbo.aspnet_Membership_CreateUser @ApplicationName, @Username, @Password,
@PasswordSalt, @email, @passwordquestion, @PasswordAnswer,
@IsApproved, @CurrentTimeUtc, @CreateDate, @UniqueEmail,
@PasswordFormat, @UserId

–Insert the record into the DotNetNuke users table
INSERT INTO users ( Username, FirstName, LastName, IsSuperUser, Email, DisplayName, UpdatePassword )
VALUES ( @Username, @FirstName, @LastName, 0, @Email, @DisplayName, 1 )

–Get the new userid, from the DNN users table
SELECT @dnnuserid = userid
FROM Users WHERE username = @Username

–Now, insert the record into the user portals table
INSERT INTO UserPortals (userId, PortalId, CreatedDate)
VALUES(@dnnuserid, @PortalId, GETDATE())

–Now Give the user permissions to the RECISTERED Users group
INSERT INTO UserRoles (userId, roleId)
SELECT @dnnuserid, roleId
FROM Roles
WHERE RoleName = ‘Registered Users’

END
GO

Change the value of @RootUser variable to the default user name created for example User Name: Dummy Password: DefPassword

Check the Run as Script checkbox and press Execute