David Emerson
newsgrps at dalyn.co.nz
Tue Nov 22 18:30:09 CST 2011
At 23/11/2011, David McAfee wrote: >You can view everything from SSMS logged in as the troubled login? Sorry my mistake. I can log into the machine which has SQL server as administrator and make changes. I cannot as the user profile. > From Access 2007, which is what I have in front of me at the moment, I can >click on the Office button. > From there, if I click on Server->Connection, I can choose any server and >then any database on that >chosen server (that I have access to). Is this where you are not seeing >everything logged in as the troubled user? Yes - this is where the problem is. If I log in using another user's login I can see all the databases in the "Select the Database on the Server" dropdown and connect to the database I want. >David > > >On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 1:39 PM, David Emerson <newsgrps at dalyn.co.nz> wrote: > > > At 23/11/2011, David McAfee wrote: > > > >> Do you have access to SQL Server management studio to see if your login > >> behaves the same there? > >> > > > > Yes I do have access to Management Studio (Version 2008 R2). I can view > > the database, edit stored procedures, change role settings etc. Is this > > what you mean? > > > > > > > > Could your login be attached to a role that is denied access to the > >> database in question? > >> > > > > I have removed all the roles except db_ddladmin and db_owner. Doesn't > > seem to have helped. > > > > > > It does sound like permissions to me. > >> > >> D > >> > >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:35 PM, David Emerson <newsgrps at dalyn.co.nz > >> >wrote: > >> > >> > I have an ADP in Access which I put on a Client's network then link to > >> > their server using the Data Link Properties: > >> > > >> > If I log in using another user's login I can see all the databases in > >> the > >> > "Select the Database on the Server" dropdown and connect to the > >> database I > >> > want. > >> > > >> > On a profile that has been set up for me all I see in the "Select the > >> > Database on the Server" dropdown is master, model, msdb and tempdb. I > >> do > >> > not see any of the other databases on the server. I can link to these > >> and > >> > the Test Connection is successful. However the database I want is not > >> one > >> > of these. > >> > > >> > My initial thought is that I don't have permissions in SQL Server. I > >> > checked for the database I want and I have even set all database role > >> > memberships except denydatareader and denydatawriter in User Mapping. > >> In > >> > the Server Rolls screen I have ticked all rolls. Status shows I have > >> > permission to connect granted and login enabled. Still the database > >> > doesn't appear in the "Select the Database on the Server" dropdown. > >> > > >> > Any suggestions? > >> > > >> > > >> > Regards > >> > > >> > David Emerson > >> > Dalyn Software Ltd > >> > Wellington, New Zealand