Get User Name from suser_name() and host_name()

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Get User Name from suser_name() and host_name()

david.c.holley

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May 20, 2010 at 11:56 am

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SELECT REPLACE(SUSER_NAME(), HOST_NAME() + '\','') as userId
I need to pull out the user name from the fully qualified name ([domain name]/). The statement above isn't working as it fails to add the backslash to the host name.
What am I missing?

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 1

david.c.holley (5/20/2010)
SELECT REPLACE(SUSER_NAME(), HOST_NAME() + '\','') as userId
I need to pull out the user name from the fully qualified name ([domain name]/). The statement above isn't working as it fails to add the backslash to the host name.
What am I missing?

The host_name will not be found in the suser_name function. You are looking for the string that matches host_name + \ inside the string of suser_name.

Are you trying to replace the user id with the host_name or with an empty string?

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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323504 More actions · Answer 2

i think this is what you might be after:

--results:

TheDomainTheUser

TheDomainlowell

declare @MyDomainLogin varchar(30)

SET @MyDomainLogin='TheDomain\lowell'

--SET @MyDomainlogin = SUSER_NAME()

SELECT

--the -1 and +1 are to remov ethe char '\' itself fromt eh results

SUBSTRING(@MyDomainLogin,1, CHARINDEX('\',@MyDomainLogin) -1) As TheDomain,

--find the location of the slash, grab substring of the right of THAT.

SUBSTRING(@MyDomainLogin,CHARINDEX('\',@MyDomainLogin) + 1,30) As TheUser

WHERE CHARINDEX('\',@MyDomainLogin) > 0--don't crash on a non-domain name

Lowell

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david.c.holley SSCrazy Points: 2423 More actions · Answer 3

Maybe I should spend more time at work doing work and less time at home doing work. Since I'm running SQLServer Express on my laptop, the server name and host name are the same hence it works.

sqlbi.rahul SSC Enthusiast Points: 140 More actions · Answer 4

try this

SELECT REPLACE(SUSER_NAME(), HOST_NAME() , '\','') as userId

i hope it works..

i have mine setup as

SELECT REPLACE(SUSER_NAME(), 'Dom-cs\','') as userId

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sqlbi.rahul (5/20/2010)
try this
SELECT REPLACE(SUSER_NAME(), HOST_NAME() , '\','') as userId
i hope it works..
i have mine setup as
SELECT REPLACE(SUSER_NAME(), 'Dom-cs\','') as userId

That will not work due to too many parameters passed to the replace function.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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