DENY Database Permissions (Transact-SQL)

Denies permissions on a database.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

DENY <permission> [ ,...n ]  
    TO <database_principal> [ ,...n ] [ CASCADE ]
        [ AS <database_principal> ]

<permission> ::=  
permission | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]

<database_principal> ::= 
        Database_user 
    | Database_role 
    | Application_role 
    | Database_user_mapped_to_Windows_User 
    | Database_user_mapped_to_Windows_Group 
    | Database_user_mapped_to_certificate 
    | Database_user_mapped_to_asymmetric_key 
    | Database_user_with_no_login

Arguments

• permission
  Specifies a permission that can be denied on a database. For a list of the permissions, see the Remarks section later in this topic.

• ALL
  This option does not deny all possible permissions. Denying ALL is equivalent to denying the following permissions: BACKUP DATABASE, BACKUP LOG, CREATE DATABASE, CREATE DEFAULT, CREATE FUNCTION, CREATE PROCEDURE, CREATE RULE, CREATE TABLE, and CREATE VIEW.

• PRIVILEGES
  Included for ISO compliance. Does not change the behavior of ALL.

• CASCADE
  Indicates that the permission will also be denied to principals to which the specified principal granted it.

• AS <database_principal>
  Specifies a principal from which the principal executing this query derives its right to deny the permission.

• Database_user
  Specifies a database user.

• Database_role
  Specifies a database role.

• Application_role
  Specifies an application role.

• Database_user_mapped_to_Windows_User
  Specifies a database user mapped to a Windows user.

• Database_user_mapped_to_Windows_Group
  Specifies a database user mapped to a Windows group.

• Database_user_mapped_to_certificate
  Specifies a database user mapped to a certificate.

• Database_user_mapped_to_asymmetric_key
  Specifies a database user mapped to an asymmetric key.

• Database_user_with_no_login
  Specifies a database user with no corresponding server-level principal.

Remarks

A database is a securable contained by the server that is its parent in the permissions hierarchy. The most specific and limited permissions that can be denied on a database are listed in the following table, together with the more general permissions that include them by implication.

Database permission	Implied by database permission	Implied by server permission
ALTER	CONTROL	ALTER ANY DATABASE
ALTER ANY APPLICATION ROLE	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
ALTER ANY ASSEMBLY	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
ALTER ANY ASYMMETRIC KEY	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
ALTER ANY CERTIFICATE	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
ALTER ANY CONTRACT	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
ALTER ANY DATABASE AUDIT	ALTER	ALTER ANY SERVER AUDIT
ALTER ANY DATABASE DDL TRIGGER	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
ALTER ANY DATABASE EVENT NOTIFICATION	ALTER	ALTER ANY EVENT NOTIFICATION
ALTER ANY DATASPACE	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
ALTER ANY FULLTEXT CATALOG	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
ALTER ANY MESSAGE TYPE	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
ALTER ANY REMOTE SERVICE BINDING	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
ALTER ANY ROLE	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
ALTER ANY ROUTE	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
ALTER ANY SCHEMA	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
ALTER ANY SERVICE	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
ALTER ANY SYMMETRIC KEY	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
ALTER ANY USER	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
AUTHENTICATE	CONTROL	AUTHENTICATE SERVER
BACKUP DATABASE	CONTROL	CONTROL SERVER
BACKUP LOG	CONTROL	CONTROL SERVER
CHECKPOINT	CONTROL	CONTROL SERVER
CONNECT	CONNECT REPLICATION	CONTROL SERVER
CONNECT REPLICATION	CONTROL	CONTROL SERVER
CONTROL	CONTROL	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE AGGREGATE	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE ASSEMBLY	ALTER ANY ASSEMBLY	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE ASYMMETRIC KEY	ALTER ANY ASYMMETRIC KEY	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE CERTIFICATE	ALTER ANY CERTIFICATE	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE CONTRACT	ALTER ANY CONTRACT	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE DATABASE	CONTROL	CREATE ANY DATABASE
CREATE DATABASE DDL EVENT NOTIFICATION	ALTER ANY DATABASE EVENT NOTIFICATION	CREATE DDL EVENT NOTIFICATION
CREATE DEFAULT	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE FULLTEXT CATALOG	ALTER ANY FULLTEXT CATALOG	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE FUNCTION	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE MESSAGE TYPE	ALTER ANY MESSAGE TYPE	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE PROCEDURE	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE QUEUE	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE REMOTE SERVICE BINDING	ALTER ANY REMOTE SERVICE BINDING	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE ROLE	ALTER ANY ROLE	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE ROUTE	ALTER ANY ROUTE	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE RULE	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE SCHEMA	ALTER ANY SCHEMA	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE SERVICE	ALTER ANY SERVICE	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY	ALTER ANY SYMMETRIC KEY	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE SYNONYM	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE TABLE	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE TYPE	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE VIEW	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
CREATE XML SCHEMA COLLECTION	ALTER	CONTROL SERVER
DELETE	CONTROL	CONTROL SERVER
EXECUTE	CONTROL	CONTROL SERVER
INSERT	CONTROL	CONTROL SERVER
REFERENCES	CONTROL	CONTROL SERVER
SELECT	CONTROL	CONTROL SERVER
SHOWPLAN	CONTROL	ALTER TRACE
SUBSCRIBE QUERY NOTIFICATIONS	CONTROL	CONTROL SERVER
TAKE OWNERSHIP	CONTROL	CONTROL SERVER
UPDATE	CONTROL	CONTROL SERVER
VIEW DATABASE STATE	CONTROL	VIEW SERVER STATE
VIEW DEFINITION	CONTROL	VIEW ANY DEFINITION

Permissions

The principal that executes this statement (or the principal specified with the AS option) must have CONTROL permission on the database or a higher permission that implies CONTROL permission on the database.

If you are using the AS option, the specified principal must own the database.

Examples

A. Denying permission to create certificates

The following example denies CREATE CERTIFICATE permission on the AdventureWorks2008R2 database to user MelanieK.

USE AdventureWorks2008R2;
DENY CREATE CERTIFICATE TO MelanieK;
GO

B. Denying REFERENCES permission to an application role

The following example denies REFERENCES permission on the AdventureWorks2008R2 database to application role AuditMonitor.

USE AdventureWorks2008R2;
DENY REFERENCES TO AuditMonitor;
GO

C. Denying VIEW DEFINITION with CASCADE

The following example denies VIEW DEFINITION permission on the AdventureWorks2008R2 database to user CarmineEs and to all principals to which CarmineEs has granted VIEW DEFINITION permission.

USE AdventureWorks2008R2;
DENY VIEW DEFINITION TO CarmineEs CASCADE;
GO

See Also

Reference

sys.database_permissions (Transact-SQL)

sys.database_principals (Transact-SQL)

CREATE DATABASE (Transact-SQL)

GRANT (Transact-SQL)

Concepts

Permissions (Database Engine)

Principals (Database Engine)