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Owner Property (Database Objects)

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.

The Owner property exposes the Microsoft SQL Server user-assigned ownership rights to the referenced SQL Server element.

Syntax

object.Owner [= value]

Parts

  • object
    An expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list

  • value
    A string that identifies a database user by name

Data Type

String

Modifiable

Read-only for the DBObject, ReplicationStoredProcedure, ReplicationTable, and UserDefinedDatatype objects. Read/write for all other objects.

Prototype (C/C++)

HRESULT GetOwner(SQLDMO_LPBSTR pRetVal);
HRESULT SetOwner(SQLDMO_LPCSTR NewValue);

Note

SQL Distributed Management Objects (SQL-DMO)strings are always returned as OLE BSTR objects. A C/C++ application obtains a reference to the string. The application must release the reference using SysFreeString.

Remarks

SQL Server establishes ownership rules for database objects. Some permissions default to an object owner, and ownership forms one portion of SQL Server access control.

For SQL Server database objects, an owner also forms part of the identifier naming the object. For example, Northwind.andrewf.Employees identifies a table owned by the database user AndrewCencini.

Set the Owner property to change database object ownership. The value must reference an existing SQL Server database user. Permission to change ownership defaults to members of the db_owner role, but users who are members of both the db_ddladmin and db_securityadmin roles can also set the property.