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How to fix orphaned users in SQL

Posted by elberon5 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:32:00 GMT

In query analyzer :
exec sp_change_users_login 'Auto_Fix','UserName'

Now this was the old way. You ended up with orphaned users when you transfer databases between SQL Servers using the old Backup/Restore trick. You bring over users from the one server, that don't map properly to the same user in the new database server.

The New Method - this one lets you move em between 2k5 and 2000 and vice-versa
Database Publishing Wizard.

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