Re-granting Permissions

  • I've got a group of developers who insist of dropping a view or sp when deploying changes. For some reason they don't want to use ALTER and opt for dropping and recreating.  Of course I've got to go back and grant the permissions to said view/sp.  Has anyone come across a way to capture the permissions prior to dropping and then re-granting them after the object is created.

    Thanks

  • jon.wilson - Wednesday, October 31, 2018 6:50 AM

    I've got a group of developers who insist of dropping a view or sp when deploying changes. For some reason they don't want to use ALTER and opt for dropping and recreating.  Of course I've got to go back and grant the permissions to said view/sp.  Has anyone come across a way to capture the permissions prior to dropping and then re-granting them after the object is created.

    Thanks

    Consider creating a post-deployment script to fix up all permissions after deployments. It should become part of your standard deployment process.
    This should all be automated, of course – developers should not be deploying changes themselves.

    If you haven't even tried to resolve your issue, please don't expect the hard-working volunteers here to waste their time providing links to answers which you could easily have found yourself.

  • Developers don't deploy, the scripts are handed off to me and I usually go back and run grant statements.  Sometimes things slip through the cracks and I miss something.  Of course I could change the drop and create to alter, but I'm not in the habit of modifying their scripts - CYA.

  • What is their reasoning for using DROP and CREATE? Considering that they aren't in charge of deployment, they must have a good reason for overuling someone that is.

    Thom~

    Excuse my typos and sometimes awful grammar. My fingers work faster than my brain does.
    Larnu.uk

  • Good point. I have no idea why they choose not to use ALTER.  My guess is that they want to start "fresh" or they don't fully understand ALTER

  • jon.wilson - Wednesday, October 31, 2018 8:12 AM

    Good point. I have no idea why they choose not to use ALTER.  My guess is that they want to start "fresh" or they don't fully understand ALTER

    Perhaps they need to be educated then. 🙂

    Thom~

    Excuse my typos and sometimes awful grammar. My fingers work faster than my brain does.
    Larnu.uk

  • jon.wilson - Wednesday, October 31, 2018 8:12 AM

    Good point. I have no idea why they choose not to use ALTER.  My guess is that they want to start "fresh" or they don't fully understand ALTER

    If you were on 2016+, you could introduce them to CREATE OR ALTER – potentially keeping everyone happy.

    If you haven't even tried to resolve your issue, please don't expect the hard-working volunteers here to waste their time providing links to answers which you could easily have found yourself.

  • It can be done with sys.database_permissions, athough I'd be inclined to fail a code review for any developer that drops and creates an object without having a script to correctly set the permissions (or indeed does anything without including appropriate permission scripts). A few rejected reviews or failed test deployments because they aren't doing things properly might get them to engage their brain a little.

  • andycadley - Thursday, November 1, 2018 1:46 AM

    It can be done with sys.database_permissions, athough I'd be inclined to fail a code review for any developer that drops and creates an object without having a script to correctly set the permissions (or indeed does anything without including appropriate permission scripts). A few rejected reviews or failed test deployments because they aren't doing things properly might get them to engage their brain a little.

    Yeah seriously, if the devs insist on dropping/recreating then make *them* include the appropriate grants in their scripts, That all should be in their source code control system anyway (and if not, well, that sounds like a WTF to me).

  • You could add the view, stored procedures, etc. to a schema and grant the appropriate rights on that schema. As long as they always create/amend objects in that schema (easy to enforce), you don't have to worry whether they DROP/CREATE or ALTER after that.

  • jon.wilson - Wednesday, October 31, 2018 6:50 AM

    I've got a group of developers who insist of dropping a view or sp when deploying changes. For some reason they don't want to use ALTER and opt for dropping and recreating.  Of course I've got to go back and grant the permissions to said view/sp.  Has anyone come across a way to capture the permissions prior to dropping and then re-granting them after the object is created.

    Thanks

    This query will tell you what permissions are granted to sps.
    SELECT s.name ProcedureSchema,
      P.Name ProcedureName,
      DP.[type] PermissionType,
      U.name UserName
    FROM sys.database_permissions DP
    INNER JOIN sys.procedures P
       ON P.OBJECT_ID = DP.major_Id
    INNER JOIN sys.schemas S
       ON s.schema_id = p.schema_id
    INNER JOIN sys.sysusers U
       ON U.[uid] = DP.grantee_principal_id
    ORDER BY 1,2

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