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How do I change dbowner to 'dbo'

  • December 9, 2010 at 11:39 am

    #232002

    I have created several databases in an instance in SQLServer 2008. I want to change the dbowner to 'dbo' instead of myself. How do I do it? What command should I use to perform this change?

    I have tried run this command: EXEC sp_changedbowner 'dbo' and I got the following error message:

    Msg 15151, Level 16, State 1, Line 1

    Cannot find the principal 'dbo', because it does not exist or you do not have permission.

    Please help me out on this.

  • December 9, 2010 at 11:46 am

    #1260714

    As "dbo" is a database user and the owner of a database must be a login, you cannot specify "dbo". I typically use the "sa" login as the owner.

    EXEC sp_changedbowner 'sa'

    SQL = Scarcely Qualifies as a Language

  • December 10, 2010 at 12:15 am

    #1260897

    Hi

    Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can execute sp_changedbowner.

    To display a list of the valid login values, execute the sp_helplogins stored procedure.

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