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Attaching a database in SSMS gives error

I am accessing SQL Server using SSMS, and a user with adequate permissions. When this user tries to attach a database by using SSMS (by right clicking on database node and then clicking on attach), ...
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SA permissions issues with many nested objects

I have a broker application that's relatively complicated. Today, after I made some changes, I started getting the error: The server principal 'sa' is not able to access the database 'XYZ' under ...
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How to deny access to see the logins in a database

I create a login in SQL Server 2008 R2, and when that user connects to a database, it can see all the logins in the security logins. Can I deny access to watch the logins of the database?
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Executing sys.dm_fts_parser without sysadmin server role

A web application needs to execute sys.dm_fts_parser to discover which words SQL Server Fulltext Search used to match documents for the purpose of syntax highlighting. That stored procedure can only ...
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Steal ownership on database from user that no longer exists

We have a few SQL Server 2008 R2 databases where its member domain was changed (i.e. it was connected to DOMAINA and is now on DOMAINB). We have three databases where the owner of the database is ...
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Does this mean the 'public' has full select, insert, update, and delete access?

I'm trying to create a new DB user in SQL Server 2008 R2 that can only select from one SQL View. But no matter what I try when I login as this new user I can select from any table. I ran this query: ...
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Get the windows account which runs the query?

I'm using sql server 2008 r2. I logged in to ssms which in turn connects to a remote sql server machine. im writing a query which writes a file. I need to know - which windows permissions I should ...
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SQL Server 2008R2 - How to prevent a role from creating or altering views within a database?

I have a situation on SQL Server 2008 R2 where I am trying to prevent users of an AD group from being able to create new views, or alter any existing views, within a particular database. This AD group ...
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How to grant a user UNSAFE ASSEMBLY permission

How can we assign a user , e.g.: the database owner (DBO) the UNSAFE ASSEMBLY permission? I'm asking it to enable a user to create an assembly and don't know the SA password, so EXEC sp_changedbowner ...
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User can alter procedures without permission

I have a sql server user that our application is connecting as. The user has been granted db_datareader and db_datawriter as well as Grant Execute on each stored procedure that it needs to use. ...
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BUILTIN\Administrators accidently removed

Hi, so recently when trying to fix another bug within my sql server 2008 R2 db I removed the BUILTIN\Administrators login from sysadmin. Now it will not let me change anything winthin the database. ...
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DENY EXECUTE on one schema object hides other objects in same schema

I have five stored procedures in a schema [XTR], the users are all in one AD group [AD\Users] and have db_datareader and public assigned to them. On one of the stored procedures I don't want to give ...
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Is there a way to DENY CRUD operations on connections from linked server?

I have a SQL Server instance, RPT1 (2008 R2), that was set up for "power users" to run their own queries. This server is linked to our production reporting server, PRD1 (SQL Server 2008 instance), ...
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Giving selective permissions in a database

I have a user [AD\dbusersgroup_limitedrights] that should have on two schema's [ICD] and [XCD] within a database only SELECT and EXECUTE rights, however for each of the users in the ...
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T-SQL to list all the user mappings with database roles/permissions for a User

I am looking for a t-sql script which can list the databases and and the respective roles/privileges mapped for a particular user. Using SQL Server 2008 R2. Regards Mohammed
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Allow db_owner to add/view existing logins to database

On our development server (SQL 2008 R2) we want local dbo's to be able to add existing logins on the server to the database. The problem is they can't view them, they can only see themselves in the ...
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Receiving “The SELECT permission was denied on the object” even though it's been granted

I'm a programmer, not a dba... I know just enough to be dangerous. I've inherited a database with a legacy user that is a db_owner for the database. We can't adjust this user's permission for ...
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SQL Server Permission Denied Error When I'm DBOwner?

So I created an account, gave him dbcreator and securityadmin privileges and then through that account tried to run CREATE TABLE on a database that I had created and now owned, but was getting a ...