sys.sysusers (Transact-SQL)

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 SQL Server 2000 System Tables to SQL Server 2005 System Views. 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. For more information, see Querying the SQL Server System Catalog.

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. For more information, see Querying the SQL Server System Catalog.

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. For more information, see Querying the SQL Server System Catalog.

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

Reference

Mapping SQL Server 2000 System Tables to SQL Server 2005 System Views
Compatibility Views (Transact-SQL)

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance