SQL Server Team-based Development - Red Gate Software

Chapter 8: Exploring your Database Schema
Object permissions and owners
There is a whole variety of things you will need information on, in addition to details
of the database objects; lists of permissions on each object, and the type of permissions
they represent, for example. Listing 8-15 provides a query that lists the database-level
permissions for the users (or particular user, if the final condition that is currently
commented out is used.)
SELECT CASE WHEN class_desc = 'DATABASE' THEN DB_NAME()
WHEN class_desc = 'SCHEMA' THEN SCHEMA_NAME(major_id)
WHEN class_desc = 'OBJECT_OR_COLUMN' THEN OBJECT_NAME(major_id)
WHEN class_desc = 'DATABASE_PRINCIPAL' THEN USER_NAME(major_id)
WHEN class_desc = 'TYPE' THEN TYPE_NAME(major_id)
ELSE 'Huh??'
END ,
USER_NAME(grantee_principal_id) AS grantee ,
USER_NAME(grantor_principal_id) AS grantor ,
type ,
Permission_Name ,
State_Desc
FROM sys.database_permissions
WHERE Class_Desc IN ( 'DATABASE', 'SCHEMA', 'OBJECT_OR_COLUMN',
'DATABASE_PRINCIPAL', 'TYPE' )
- – and grantee_principal_id = DATABASE_PRINCIPAL_ID('public');
Listing 8-15: Finding database-level permissions for each user.
A different task is to explore the ownership of the various objects in your database, a task
that Listing 8-16 makes a lot simpler.
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