I use Sql server express 2005.
I have two databases: db1 and db2.
I use Studio Management. I connect with my administrator account 'admin'.
1) When i rightclick on db1 (and also on db2) and i take the properties / general, i see for both db: owner = servernameadmin .
When i take properties / Files, i see for db1: owner = servernameadmin , but for db2, it remains empty.
why and does it mean that db2 has no owner? But then, why do i see in properties / general : owner = servernameadmin?
2) i want to make 'admin' owner of db2 (for creating a database diagram), so in properties / Files, i click on the button with three dots.
A windows "select database owner" appears, i click on button 'browse', but then all i see is:
built-in administartors
built-in users
sa
...
Whatever i choose (e.g; built-in administrators), i get the message: an entity of database cannot be owned by a role, group ... error 15353).
Why do i not get the account 'admin' in the browse windows and how to make 'admin' owner of db2?
Hi-I have a sql server database, and am wring web apps to access it.I've created databases different ways, and ended up with different owners (eg dbo, nt authorityetwork services...)I also have connection strings using windows authentication, and some using a user name and password.I have read that using windows authentication is the best way to go, as far as security goes, but I have noticed some connectivity issues when I upload the site to the server, and test it remotely. What is the safest 'owner' of the database, and what's the safest way to connect?Thanks Dan
Please see the detail of tables with fields in SQL server 2000.·TableStudent .Table Good Qualities( It is a list of Students) (It is a list of Good Qualities)1-Student Id (P.Key)1- Serial No. (P. Key)2-Student Name 2- Good Quality· Table Bad Qualities .Table Future Plans(It is a list of Bad Qualities) (It is a list of Plans)1-Serial No. (P. Key) 1- Serial No. (P. Key)2-Bad Quality 2- Future Plans·Table-Personality1-Student Name/ID2-Good Qualities3-Bad Qualities4-Future PlansData will store in Personality table like thatStudent IDG.Q.No B.Q.NoF.P.No101 3 2 1101 4 5 NUll101 8 Null Null202 4 8 9202Null 3 1Required ResultNow I have to generate a report of One student andsometimes of many students comprising of their Name, G.qualities, BadQualities and Future Plan. To generate report User input will be onlystudent id.I Need help in making relationship of these tables as well as inMaking a Query. Any suggestion to get the required result. Speciallyplease look at the Personality Table because I do not understandPrimary key for it. Should I just include the Serial No. as Primarykey.Please make necessary changes to get the required result.I shall be really thankful to you for your kind favor.
I want 'sa' to own all the user databases. Currently the database properties screen shows the owner as myself, 'al', but the list from the Users tab in EM for the database doesn't list me, but lists the dbo as login name 'sa'. DB_changedbowner 'sa' says:
Server: Msg 15110, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_changedbowner, Line 46 The proposed new database owner is already a user in the database.
BUT, who really owns the database; if it's 'sa' then why am I showing up on the properties page as the owner???
I am a bit new to using MS-SQL, up till now my main adminstration was in Oracle.
I have a question, my developers make changes to my MS-SQL databases, however, they always login as a local admin or use their domain WIndows accounts - with the given privileges. Then they amend the database. My idea is to avoid logging into an MS-SQL server without using a Remote Desktop. So they will need some kind of a client.
What is your experience and what would be the best way to do this? Meaning, what software can I use that does not require a license fee?
With Oracle I can install the Oracle client which has an SQLPLUS to login remotely. Does MS-SQL have something similar?
Thanks in advance.
I did use Google to search, I also have an MS-SQL Developer Edition, but this seems to come with another server itself.
Hello everyone!I'd like to know which method is better for making a copy of anexisting database in SQL Server 2000, restoring from a backup of theoriginal, or using DTS to copy the objects to the new database. Anycaveats or drawbacks to either method? I'm just trying to lay thegroundwork for internal policies for managing our databases, and I justwant to make sure we use the best method.Thanks!
I have a 6.5 db that I want to create a copy of, I can move it to eithera machine running 7 or 2000. I am more used to doing this in Oracle sopls bear with me...I don't want to have any downtime on the 6.5 db, so I'm thinking perhapsimport is the best way to go? I am assuming that 6.5 backups are notcomaptible with either 7 or 2000 restore, or I'd go that route.The database in question is fairly simple, pretty well just tables fullof data, no stored procs...suggestions?TIA
I am trying to maintain a small database on my iPAQ, can somebody tell me that would database be created in SQL Server Mobile on my iPaq and can my VB.net based Windows CE application can access data from the database on my iPAQ
Hello,I'm using tableadapters in VWD 2005 Express to link our ASP.NET application to a SQL Server 2000 database. Initially, I used Database Explorer to drop tables into the DataSet object, which picks up the owner of the tables from the database.Recently, we had to change the owner of all objects in the database, including tables and stored procedures. When we run our application it chokes on stored procedures because the owner of the SP's has changed. My question is: how can I update tables and tableadapters in the DataSet to reflect the change in owner, without having to recreate everything in DataSet?
Hi,I just transferred my website and database (SQL 2000) to a new host who's SQL Manager doesn't support the previous username I had for the database.The previous owner of database tables etc was Database_master and now I want to change it to just Master.Please advise! Someone else designed the website for me, and honestly I have just some basic knowledge of databases and such.I would appreciate help and if possible with detailed steps.Many thanks in advance,Isje
I've got a GridView on my webform bound to a SQLDataSource (called sqlZKEWILL). Works fine as long as I hard-code the "dbo" database owner in the Select statement, as in: select EXIDV, Carton_Count, Carton_Total, dbo.ZINSPECTION where EXIDV = @CartonID The problem is that I need the database owner name to be dynamic. This will be a parameter that I read from another SQL table. For example, I'm doing this: Select USERID, DatabaseOwner from tblUsers where UserID = 'Kimm' I need to take the DatabaseOwner from this second Select statement, and use it as part of that first select statement. On the CodeBehind page, I tried replacing "dbo" with the Database Owner field (which I saved in a session variable) with the following code: Private Sub gvLineItems_DataBinding(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles gvLineItems.DataBinding sqlZKEWILL.SelectCommand = sqlZKEWILL.SelectCommand.Replace("dbo", Session("DatabaseOwner").ToString.Trim) End Sub
But I am still getting the error message: "Invalid object name: dbo.ZINSPECTION". It doesn't seem to recognize that I've replaced "dbo" with a different value.
Any thoughts on getting this to work would be appreciated.
Hello, I'm trying to access the Database Diagram of a sql database I created but am getting the error:
"The database does not have a valid dbo user" I also noticed that my NT group user was incorrect and this is the name being used as the owner of the database. How do i change this?
Hello,Does anyone know what procedure to run to show information such as theowner of a specific database for MSSQL2000? I want to make a script toloop through all the databases on a server and display owner and otherhelpful information.Best regards,Andreas
Our web application requires that when a new Organization is created,aseparate Database is to be created for the corresponding organization,so that each organization remains a separate entity with theircorresponding employees(This is our clients requirement, so that theycan later provide the backup of the database if the organizationdecides to move out). And for that what we intend to do is restore thebackup of database which already has the objects created in it.So weintend to restore a database for the new organization from the webpage.We are using SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition and theauthentication is SQL Server authentication, and the 'xy' login hasbeen assigned to the 'dbcreator' fixed server role only(This may benot relevant but just in case, the 'xy' login has been assigned'db_owner' fixed db rolein the main db. The web application uses this login to connect to thedatabase). When a new Organization is created, the database owner ofthe new DB should be xy, and the user mapping for the login to the'NewOrg' database should be 'dbo'. But in this case after restoringthe databasetemplate using the SQLSMO from the application(same thing happensafter restoring the database from query analyzer using the xy login)there is no user mapping to be seen and we are not able to connect tothe 'NewOrg' database using the xy login.I think most will suggest to use 'exec sp_changedbowner' to updatethe dbo, but for this we need sysadmin privileges, which we do nothave for the xy login.Please suggest the best way to go about this particularscenario(currently we are running the object creation script aftercreating the database but this is time consuming, so pls suggest onlydatabase restore method) and the also please suggest if any otherfixed server roles can be used without compromising security. Seemsthis is a design issue, pls also suggest if this post is to be made insome other appropriate groups.Thanks,MPL
I get this error when I try to view the database diagram. This is strange because it was about two weeks ago that I created and edited the database diagram. What is wrong with my login now as compared to when I did those edits?
The error suggests to use the ALTER AUTHORIZATION to change to a valid login. I am using windows authentication. If my login (the database ownere) is not the valid login then who is?
And what are the database diagram support objects that it suggests I install. I never heard of them, and where are they? Why didn't I need to install anything special when I worked on the diagrams two weeks ago?
Error message:
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express ------------------------------ Database diagram support objects cannot be installed because this database does not have a valid owner. To continue, first use the Files page of the Database Properties dialog box or the ALTER AUTHORIZATION statement to set the database owner to a valid login, then add the database diagram support objects. ------------------------------ BUTTONS: OK ------------------------------
I restored and renamed a client database from a backup file to my laptop (both SQL Express 2005) and noticed that no owner had been assigned. I set the db-owner to SA. This database will replace a local version of the same database that was created on my laptop. (The customer has entered data...)
When I start the dataset configuration wizard in VS2005 all tables appear twice in the list. Once with the original name and once with the prefix dbo. For example: Customer and dbo.Customer.
The tables with the dbo. prefix are marked with a Red Cross in the checkbox. Hovering over them display the error message: "Element .. in the dataset references an object missing from the database. "
The tables without the dbo. prefix are not marked. When I mark these tables VS2005 indicates that the table will be renamed to Customer1. The same issue applies to all the views in the database.
Is there a way to solve this problem without having to recreate the entire dataset? I'd rather not do that cause I added some queries to the dataset and they will be lost and have to be recreated.
on 1 of my servers (actually, the dev. server I have setup up here at home), I must included the database owner everytime I select something or make a db call.
for example
select T.foo from K inner join T on T.id = K.id
must actualy be written like:
select dbo.T.foo from dbo.K inner join dbo.T on dbo.T.id = dbo.K.id
or else it wont work
what did I do wrong for this database owner thing to be a "must" when writing queries on this server.
I am getting this error while selecting the properties of one database. Property Owner is not available for Database '[TEST]'. This property may not exist for this object, or may not be retrievable due to insufficient access rights. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
Label3.Text = command4.Parameters["@UserName"].Value.ToString(); }Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: String[1]: the Size property has an invalid size of 0.Line 48: Line 49: conn.Open(); Line 50: command4.ExecuteReader(); Line 51: conn.Close(); and here is my stored procedure ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.myStoredProcedure --
(@ProductID int, @UserName varchar(255) OUTPUT)
AS
SET @UserName = (SELECT UserId FROM Products WHERE ProductID = @ProductID) what is wrong? i never seen that error and i don't know from where could it came from please help me, thanks
How would I hide the sa account to be accessible under Logins for a restricted User in sql server 2005 and also other folders like Replication, Managment, etc need to be hidden too.
Hi, it has to do with my unfamiliarity with creating users and dbo privileges. I'm trying to grant access to an outside vendor to import their latest version of a database. I set them up with a user account that had db_owner privileges, however when they ran the dts process it copied all the data as new tables rather than overwriting the existing tables and the new tables were all associated with the user is created instead of dbo user. What do I need to do to facilitate this process?
I am in the process of cleaning up the security on one of our production databases. SA is already the owner of the database.
On this SQL server, there is a login that has access to this database that needs to be removed. When I uncheck this users access to this database I receive the following error message: "Error 15183. The user owns objects in the database and cannot be dropped".
How can i find out what objects this logins has ownership of and how can I change the ownership of these objects to SA?
I am using SQL Server 2005 and I was having a problem with the owner of a particular database. When I go into Database Diagrams for the database I get:
"Database diagram support objects cannot be installed because this database does not have a valid owner. To continue, first use the Files page of the Database Properties dialog box or the ALTER AUTHORIZATION statement to set the database owner to a valid login, then add the database diagram support objects."
So I tried some different things (assigning different users as the owner) I was only able to assign one user as the owner (someone that is no longer working here), then I deleted that user (oops.). Now I still don't have an owner assigned AND I can't get into the database properties because I don't have permissions.
We have a situation where somehow several of the system databases are owned by an ID of a person no longer with the organization. This triggers a few questions: If I disable the user (it's a SQL account, not domain), will that cause any issue? What is the correct way to change the user of a system database?
