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Find Permission Changes In The Default Trace

Learn how to find who has changed permissions from the default trace

Find Deny permissions on database objects

This script allows the DBA to quickly determine if a deny statement is stopping a user from accessing db objects.

Grant EXEC on all Stored Procedures to a Role

Easily grant exec permission to all stored procedures to a database role in SQL 2005 or higher.

Get Back into SQL Server After You've Locked Yourself Out

Someone, while locking down the SQL Server, removed the permissions by which the DBAs came in and administered the server. As a result, we cannot get back into SQL Server. How can we restore our access to SQL Server? Check out this tip to find out.

Reverse-Engineer Database Permissions (2005 up)

This script reverse engineers SQL statements to recreate database permissions.

Database level permissions for SQL Server 2005 and 2008

I am new to SQL Server 2005/2008 having administered SQL Server 2000 and below. I have heard there are a lot of new permissions at the database level. What are they and what do they give rights to perform?

Report SQL SERVER 2005 Permissions

Reports permissions to three levels: database, schema and table -- in three formats: readable, structured, scripted.