Server configuration: user options
Applies to: SQL Server
This article describes how to configure the user options
server configuration option in SQL Server using SQL Server Management Studio or Transact-SQL. The user options
option specifies global defaults for all users. A list of default query processing options is established for the duration of a user's work session. The user options
option allows you to change the default values of the SET
options (if the server's default settings aren't appropriate).
A user can override these defaults with the SET
statement. You can configure user options
dynamically for new logins. After you change the setting of user options
, new login sessions use the new setting. Current login sessions aren't affected.
Recommendations
The following table lists and describes the configuration values for user options
. Not all configuration values are compatible with each other. For example, ANSI_NULL_DFLT_ON
and ANSI_NULL_DFLT_OFF
can't be set at the same time.
Value | Configuration | Description |
---|---|---|
1 |
DISABLE_DEF_CNST_CHK |
Controls interim or deferred constraint checking. |
2 |
IMPLICIT_TRANSACTIONS |
For dblib network library connections, controls whether a transaction is started implicitly when a statement is executed. The IMPLICIT_TRANSACTIONS setting has no effect on ODBC or OLEDB connections. |
4 |
CURSOR_CLOSE_ON_COMMIT |
Controls behavior of cursors after a commit operation has been performed. |
8 |
ANSI_WARNINGS |
Controls truncation and NULL in aggregate warnings. |
16 |
ANSI_PADDING |
Controls padding of fixed-length variables. |
32 |
ANSI_NULLS |
Controls NULL handling when using equality operators. |
64 |
ARITHABORT |
Terminates a query when an overflow or divide-by-zero error occurs during query execution. |
128 |
ARITHIGNORE |
Returns NULL when an overflow or divide-by-zero error occurs during a query. |
256 |
QUOTED_IDENTIFIER |
Differentiates between single and double quotation marks when evaluating an expression. |
512 |
NOCOUNT |
Turns off the message returned at the end of each statement that states how many rows were affected. |
1024 |
ANSI_NULL_DFLT_ON |
Alters the session's behavior to use ANSI compatibility for nullability. New columns defined without explicit nullability are defined to allow nulls. |
2048 |
ANSI_NULL_DFLT_OFF |
Alters the session's behavior not to use ANSI compatibility for nullability. New columns defined without explicit nullability don't allow nulls. |
4096 |
CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL |
Returns NULL when concatenating a NULL value with a string. |
8192 |
NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT |
Generates an error when a loss of precision occurs in an expression. |
16384 |
XACT_ABORT |
Rolls back a transaction if a Transact-SQL statement raises a run-time error. |
The bit positions in user options
are identical to the bit positions in @@OPTIONS
. Each connection has its own @@OPTIONS
function, which represents the configuration environment. When logging in to an instance of SQL Server, a user receives a default environment that assigns the current user options
value to @@OPTIONS
. Executing SET
statements for user options
affects the corresponding value in the session's @@OPTIONS
function. All connections created after this setting is changed receive the new value.
Permissions
Execute permissions on sp_configure
with no parameters or with only the first parameter are granted to all users by default. To execute sp_configure
with both parameters to change a configuration option or to run the RECONFIGURE
statement, a user must be granted the ALTER SETTINGS
server-level permission. The ALTER SETTINGS
permission is implicitly held by the sysadmin and serveradmin fixed server roles.
Use SQL Server Management Studio
In Object Explorer, right-click a server and select Properties.
Select the Connections node.
In the Default connection options box, select one or more attributes to configure the default query-processing options for all connected users.
By default, no user options are configured.
Use Transact-SQL
Connect to the Database Engine.
From the Standard bar, select New Query.
Copy and paste the following example into the query window and select Execute. This example shows how to use sp_configure to configure the
user options
to change the setting for theANSI_WARNINGS
server option.USE master; GO EXECUTE sp_configure 'user options', 8; GO RECONFIGURE; GO
Follow up: After you configure the user options configuration option
The setting takes effect immediately without restarting the server.