sp_dbfixedrolepermission (Transact-SQL)

Article
02/28/2023

Applies to: SQL Server

Displays the permissions of a fixed database role. sp_dbfixedrolepermission returns correct information in SQL Server 2000 (8.x). The output does not reflect the changes to the permissions hierarchy that were implemented in SQL Server 2005 (9.x). For more information, see Database-Level Roles, which shows a list of fixed database roles and it's corresponding permissions.

Important

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

Transact-SQL syntax conventions

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