sp_dbfixedrolepermission (Transact-SQL)

Displays the permissions of a fixed database role. sp_dbfixedrolepermission returns correct information in SQL Server 2000. The output does not reflect the changes to the permissions hierarchy that were implemented in SQL Server 2005. For more information, see Permissions of Fixed Database Roles (Database Engine).

Important

This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.

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Syntax

sp_dbfixedrolepermission [ [ @rolename = ] 'role' ]

Arguments

  • [ @rolename = ] 'role'
    Is the name of a valid SQL Server fixed database role. role is sysname, with a default of NULL. If role is not specified, the permissions for all fixed database roles are displayed.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Result Sets

Column name

Data type

Description

DbFixedRole

sysname

Name of the fixed database role

Permission

nvarchar(70)

Permissions associated with DbFixedRole

Remarks

To display a list of the fixed database roles, execute sp_helpdbfixedrole. The following table shows the fixed database roles.

Fixed database role

Description

db_owner

Database owners

db_accessadmin

Database access administrators

db_securityadmin

Database security administrators

db_ddladmin

Database data definition language (DDL) administrators

db_backupoperator

Database backup operators

db_datareader

Database data readers

db_datawriter

Database data writers

db_denydatareader

Database deny data readers

db_denydatawriter

Database deny data writers

Members of the db_owner fixed database role have the permissions of all the other fixed database roles. To display the permissions for fixed server roles, execute sp_srvrolepermission.

The result set includes the Transact-SQL statements that can be executed, and other special activities that can be performed, by members of the database role.

Permissions

Requires membership in the public role.

Examples

The following query returns the permissions for all fixed database roles because it does not specify a fixed database role.

EXEC sp_dbfixedrolepermission;
GO