Users, Schemas, Objects, and Owners
Separation of users and schemas is another cool SQL Server 2005 feature, but it has some interesting behaviors that folks may have to get used to. One is database object resolution, another is...
View ArticleI have CREATE TABLE privilege but can’t create tables
More on user-schema separation. In SQL 2000 and previous versions, granting someone CREATE TABLE privilege meant that they could create tables (no surprise there). The tables were "named after them"...
View ArticleSchemas, Users, and Objects – I
UI can't stay away from the separation and users and schemas feature. I want to make sure I have it cold, and following up on information I got from Girish Chandler's talk at Win-Dev, I did the...
View ArticleSchemas, Users, and Objects – II
The code for the answer is below. Greg Low is, of course, correct. Fred owns the table, but he owns it by virtue of being the schema owner. Now here's part 2. Do the following: 1. Alter the...
View ArticleSchemas, Users, and Objects – III
Now, back to our regularly scheduled technical content. About schemas, users, and owners. Although Ed originally created the table, since Fred is the schema owner, Fred owns to table. Ed can get...
View ArticleDude, where’s my table?
In answering a question about schemas, users, and objects (search on "schemas" to see the blog series I, II, III), I realized I never posted the portion about object resolution. Here goes. When SQL...
View ArticleAbout SCHEMAs and setting up Query Notifications
I've answered a few questions lately on setting up SqlDependency or ASP.NET SQL Server dependency with SQL Server 2005. Folks have gone by the instructions on the DataWorks Weblog posting and still...
View ArticleAnother behavior that follows schemas, query plan reuse
When I discuss separation of users and schemas in SQL Server 2005, I usually think of ownership chains (that follow the object owner which is always the schema owner unless you change it) or object...
View ArticleDoes sp_dropuser “do the right thing” with schemas?
Here's another blog posting to answer a question from over a month ago. With separation of users and schemas, its known that the CREATE USER DDL statement without a DEFAULT_SCHEMA parameter assigns a...
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