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Database.Owner Property

Gets the database principal that is the owner of the database.

This API is not CLS-compliant. 

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None Or SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone Or SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase)> _
<SfcReferenceAttribute(GetType(Login), "Server[@Name = '{0}']/Login[@Name = '{1}']",  _
    )> _
<CLSCompliantAttribute(False)> _
Public ReadOnly Property Owner As String
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Database
Dim value As String

value = instance.Owner

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase)]
[SfcReferenceAttribute(typeof(Login), "Server[@Name = '{0}']/Login[@Name = '{1}']", 
    )]
[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
public string Owner { get; }

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags::None|SfcPropertyFlags::Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags::SqlAzureDatabase)]
[SfcReferenceAttribute(typeof(Login), L"Server[@Name = '{0}']/Login[@Name = '{1}']", 
    )]
[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
public:
virtual property String^ Owner {
    String^ get () sealed;
}

[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase)>]
[<SfcReferenceAttribute(typeof(Login), "Server[@Name = '{0}']/Login[@Name = '{1}']", 
    )>]
[<CLSCompliantAttribute(false)>]
abstract Owner : string
[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase)>]
[<SfcReferenceAttribute(typeof(Login), "Server[@Name = '{0}']/Login[@Name = '{1}']", 
    )>]
[<CLSCompliantAttribute(false)>]
override Owner : string

final function get Owner () : String

Property Value

Type: System.String
A String value that specifies the database principal that owns the database.

Implements

IDatabaseOptions.Owner

Remarks

The database owner can be changed by using the SetOwner method.

Examples

VB

'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server

'Reference the AdventureWorks2008R2 database.
Dim db As Database
db = srv.Databases("AdventureWorks2008R2")

'Display information about the database.
Console.WriteLine("Name = " + db.Name.ToString)
Console.WriteLine("ID = " + db.ID.ToString)
Console.WriteLine("Owner = " + db.Owner.ToString)
Console.WriteLine("Parent = " + db.Parent.ToString)
Console.WriteLine("State = " + db.State.ToString)
Console.WriteLine("Status = " + db.Status.ToString)
Console.WriteLine("User Name = " + db.UserName.ToString)
Console.WriteLine("DBO Login = " + db.DboLogin.ToString)
Console.WriteLine("Version = " + db.Version.ToString)
Console.WriteLine("Service Broker = " + _
db.ServiceBroker.ToString)
Console.WriteLine("Replication Options = " + _
db.ReplicationOptions.ToString)
Console.WriteLine("Default File Group = " + _
db.DefaultFileGroup.ToString)
Console.WriteLine("Default FTS catalog = " + _
db.DefaultFullTextCatalog.ToString)
Console.WriteLine("Default Schema = " + _
db.DefaultSchema.ToString)

PowerShell

$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$db = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database
$db = $srv.Databases.Item("AdventureWorks2008R2")

Write-Host "Name =" $db.Name
Write-Host "ID =" $db.ID
Write-Host "Owner =" $db.Ownder
Write-Host "Parent =" $db.Parent
Write-Host "State =" $db.State
Write-Host "Status =" $db.Status
Write-Host "User Name =" $db.UserName
Write-Host "DBO Login =" $db.DboLogin
Write-Host "Version =" $db.Version
Write-Host "Service Broker =" $db.ServiceBroker
Write-Host "Replication Options =" $db.ReplicationOptions
Write-Host "Default File Group =" $db.DefaultFileGroup
Write-Host "Default FTS catalog =" $db.DefaultFullTextCatalog
Write-Host "Default Schema =" $db.DefaultSchema