sys.sysusers (Transact-SQL)

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Synapse Analytics Analytics Platform System (PDW) SQL analytics endpoint in Microsoft Fabric Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric

Contains one row for each Microsoft Windows user, Windows group, Microsoft SQL Server user, or SQL Server role in the database.

Important

This SQL Server 2000 system table is included as a view for backward compatibility. We recommend that you use the current SQL Server system views instead. To find the equivalent system view or views, see Mapping System Tables to System Views (Transact-SQL). 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.

Column name Data type Description
uid smallint User ID, unique in this database.

1 = Database owner

Overflows or returns NULL if the number of users and roles exceeds 32,767.
status smallint Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed.
name sysname User name or group name, unique in this database.
sid varbinary(85) Security identifier for this entry.
roles varbinary(2048) Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed.
createdate datetime Date the account was added.
updatedate datetime Date the account was last changed.
altuid smallint Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed.

Overflows or returns NULL if the number of users and roles exceeds 32,767.
password varbinary(256) Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed.
gid smallint Group ID to which this user belongs. If uid is the same as gid, this entry defines a group. Overflows or returns NULL if the combined number of groups and users exceeds 32,767.
environ varchar(255) Reserved.
hasdbaccess int 1 = Account has database access.
islogin int 1 = Account is a Windows group, Windows user, or SQL Server user with a login account.
isntname int 1 = Account is a Windows group or Windows user.
isntgroup int 1 = Account is a Windows group.
isntuser int 1 = Account is a Windows user.
issqluser int 1 = Account is a SQL Server user.
isaliased int 1 = Account is aliased to another user.
issqlrole int 1 = Account is a SQL Server role.
isapprole int 1 = Account is an application role.

See Also

Mapping System Tables to System Views (Transact-SQL)
Compatibility Views (Transact-SQL)