Forgot Password

One common problem on websites that have a secure member area is that registered members will occasionally forget their login password.  Well, there is a quick and easy way to handle this by offering your members a Forgot Password tool.  Members simply enter the email address they used when registering with your website into a form and then their password will be emailed to them right away.

To do this, create a database called MyData and a table called tblMembers with these fields:
ID – autonumber
fUsername – text field
fPassword – text field
fEmail – text field
fDateEntered – date/time field

Now, create a page called /LostPassword.asp page with the code below

<form name="ForgotPassword" method="post" action="confirm.asp">
Email:  <input type="text" name="Email" size="50">
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>

 

Next, create a page called /Confirm.asp with the code below:

<%
DIM strEmail
strEmail = Request.Form("Email")
IF strEmail <> "" THEN
%>
<!--#include virtual="/includes/connection.asp"-->
<%
DIM mySQL, objRS
mySQL = "SELECT fEmail,fPassword FROM tblMembers WHERE fEmail = '" & strEmail & "'"
Set objRS = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
objRS.Open mySQL, objConn

     IF objRS.EOF THEN
     Response.Write "That email address was not found in our database. Please "
     Response.Write "click Back on your browser and enter the email address "
     Response.Write "you registered with."
     ELSE
     DIM strPassword
     strPassword = objRS("fPassword")

     DIM mail, objMail
     Set objMail = Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")
     objMail.From = "email@yourdomain.com"
     objMail.Subject = "Forgotten Password"
     objMail.To = strEmail
     objMail.Body = "Here is your login password: " & strEmail
     objMail.Send
     Set objMail = nothing

     Response.Write "Your password has been sent to your email address."
     END IF

ELSE
Response.Write "Please click Back on your browser and enter the email address "
Response.Write "you registered with."
END IF
%>

In this example, we are using the CDONTS email component to send our email.  You can easily replace this with a different email component script like ASPMail or ASPEmail.  That’s all there is to it.  Now, you have a fully automated Forgot Password tool that your website members can use 24/7 without any hassle!

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