BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Getting Database Owner after connected          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Databases (SQL Servers) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Keith Guest Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 8:41 pm    Post subject: Getting Database Owner after connected Anyone know how I can get the database owner in MS SQL? Looking for the easiest way. Prefer no low level table calls, but it may be necessary. I tried the following in Enterprise Manager and it returns "DBO". Which is correct. When I tried it in Delphi, the query executes, but no fields / no data is returned. SELECT su.name FROM SysUsers su WHERE UID = ( select MemberUID from SysMembers where GroupUID = (select UID from SysUsers where name = 'db_owner') ) Any ideas? Thank you. Back to top Kevin Frevert Guest Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Getting Database Owner after connected Keith, How are you running the query in Delphi? BDE or ADO? krf "Keith" <kicks23 (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote Quote: Anyone know how I can get the database owner in MS SQL? Looking for the easiest way. Prefer no low level table calls, but it may be necessary. I tried the following in Enterprise Manager and it returns "DBO". Which is correct. When I tried it in Delphi, the query executes, but no fields / no data is returned. SELECT su.name FROM SysUsers su WHERE UID = ( select MemberUID from SysMembers where GroupUID = (select UID from SysUsers where name = 'db_owner') ) Any ideas? Thank you. Back to top Keith Guest Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:26 pm    Post subject: Re: Getting Database Owner after connected My original post (no fields returned) below was with using BDE. I then tried ADO and getting mixed results. Sometimes I get the db owner, sometimes it fails because "Invalid connection string attribute" on the ADOConnection1.Open; the connection string I put together is like this... User ID=testuser;Password=testpass;DSN=TestAlias Like I said, the above connection string works for some users & not others. Their rites seem to be identical. Can this be done using BDE? If not, that's ok. But, can you suggest how to consistently get the ADO connection to work when all I have are the USER, PASS, and DB alias? Thanks. "Kevin Frevert" <drinkingdietcoke (AT) work (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Keith, How are you running the query in Delphi? BDE or ADO? krf "Keith" <kicks23 (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote in message news:422f5f66$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Anyone know how I can get the database owner in MS SQL? Looking for the easiest way. Prefer no low level table calls, but it may be necessary. I tried the following in Enterprise Manager and it returns "DBO". Which is correct. When I tried it in Delphi, the query executes, but no fields / no data is returned. SELECT su.name FROM SysUsers su WHERE UID = ( select MemberUID from SysMembers where GroupUID = (select UID from SysUsers where name = 'db_owner') ) Any ideas? Thank you. Back to top Kevin Frevert Guest Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Getting Database Owner after connected Keith, Microsoft didn't update their DBLib (which the BDE uses) for MSSQL 7/2000, so the new datatypes used in the system tables aren't 'officially' supported. If you have to use the BDE you can cast the values into datatypes the DBLib/BDE understands like... SELECT CAST(su.name as varchar(128)) [db_owner] FROM SysUsers su WHERE UID = ( select MemberUID from SysMembers where GroupUID = (select UID from SysUsers where name = 'db_owner') ) ADO (OLE-DB) is the Microsoft "preferred" way to connect to MSSQL (I guess now it's ADO.Net, but let's not go there yet . Make sure you are using the native SQL Server connection (not ODBC) so your connection string will/should look something like... Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Persist Security Info=False;Initial Catalog=YourDatabase;Data Source=YourSQLServer;User ID=YourUserID Good luck, krf "Keith" <kicks23 (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote Quote: My original post (no fields returned) below was with using BDE. I then tried ADO and getting mixed results. Sometimes I get the db owner, sometimes it fails because "Invalid connection string attribute" on the ADOConnection1.Open; the connection string I put together is like this... User ID=testuser;Password=testpass;DSN=TestAlias Like I said, the above connection string works for some users & not others. Their rites seem to be identical. Can this be done using BDE? If not, that's ok. But, can you suggest how to consistently get the ADO connection to work when all I have are the USER, PASS, and DB alias? Thanks. "Kevin Frevert" <drinkingdietcoke (AT) work (DOT) com> wrote in message news:42308e81$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Keith, How are you running the query in Delphi? BDE or ADO? krf "Keith" <kicks23 (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote in message news:422f5f66$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Anyone know how I can get the database owner in MS SQL? Looking for the easiest way. Prefer no low level table calls, but it may be necessary. I tried the following in Enterprise Manager and it returns "DBO". Which is correct. When I tried it in Delphi, the query executes, but no fields / no data is returned. SELECT su.name FROM SysUsers su WHERE UID = ( select MemberUID from SysMembers where GroupUID = (select UID from SysUsers where name = 'db_owner') ) Any ideas? Thank you. Back to top Keith Guest Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Getting Database Owner after connected Kevin, Thanks for the help. Turns out that I need the Table Owner, not the DB owner. Your suggestion about casting the field + the SQL from another forum led me to the following... SELECT CAST(TABLE_SCHEMA as varchar(128)) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE (TABLE_NAME = :MyTable) So, I can use the BDE (which makes it easier for now) & get what I needed. Again, thanks for the help. Keith PS In case you're bored... We support all (well, just about all) ODBC compliant databases. So, I will need to get the Table Owner for DB2, Sybase, Sybase SQL Server, etc. Know a good place to look for the syntax for these other DB types? "Kevin Frevert" <drinkingdietcoke (AT) work (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Keith, Microsoft didn't update their DBLib (which the BDE uses) for MSSQL 7/2000, so the new datatypes used in the system tables aren't 'officially' supported. If you have to use the BDE you can cast the values into datatypes the DBLib/BDE understands like... SELECT CAST(su.name as varchar(128)) [db_owner] FROM SysUsers su WHERE UID = ( select MemberUID from SysMembers where GroupUID = (select UID from SysUsers where name = 'db_owner') ) ADO (OLE-DB) is the Microsoft "preferred" way to connect to MSSQL (I guess now it's ADO.Net, but let's not go there yet . Make sure you are using the native SQL Server connection (not ODBC) so your connection string will/should look something like... Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Persist Security Info=False;Initial Catalog=YourDatabase;Data Source=YourSQLServer;User ID=YourUserID Good luck, krf "Keith" <kicks23 (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote in message news:42309f57$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... My original post (no fields returned) below was with using BDE. I then tried ADO and getting mixed results. Sometimes I get the db owner, sometimes it fails because "Invalid connection string attribute" on the ADOConnection1.Open; the connection string I put together is like this... User ID=testuser;Password=testpass;DSN=TestAlias Like I said, the above connection string works for some users & not others. Their rites seem to be identical. Can this be done using BDE? If not, that's ok. But, can you suggest how to consistently get the ADO connection to work when all I have are the USER, PASS, and DB alias? Thanks. "Kevin Frevert" <drinkingdietcoke (AT) work (DOT) com> wrote in message news:42308e81$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Keith, How are you running the query in Delphi? BDE or ADO? krf "Keith" <kicks23 (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote in message news:422f5f66$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Anyone know how I can get the database owner in MS SQL? Looking for the easiest way. Prefer no low level table calls, but it may be necessary. I tried the following in Enterprise Manager and it returns "DBO". Which is correct. When I tried it in Delphi, the query executes, but no fields / no data is returned. SELECT su.name FROM SysUsers su WHERE UID = ( select MemberUID from SysMembers where GroupUID = (select UID from SysUsers where name = 'db_owner') ) Any ideas? Thank you. Back to top Kevin Frevert Guest Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Getting Database Owner after connected "Keith" <kicks23 (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote Quote: Keith PS In case you're bored... We support all (well, just about all) ODBC compliant databases. So, I will need to get the Table Owner for DB2, Sybase, Sybase SQL Server, etc. Know a good place to look for the syntax for these other DB types? Definitely not bored. I've got projected projects scheduled for the next two years, I barly have time to read these groups I'm afraid I don't know much about those DBs, but I would assume they all have similar mechanisms for retrieving that kind of information. Good luck, krf Back to top Keith Guest Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Getting Database Owner after connected Yeah, that's what I figure. I'll have to keep looking around for the syntax specific SQL for each of those database's. Thanks again for the help. Good luck on your projects. 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