Grants roles to a given user.

Syntax

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GRANT <RoleName> [,<RoleName>]
TO <Authorization> [,<Authorization>]

<Authorization> = <UserName>

Usage

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Use this statement to grant a role to a user.

Examples

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-- The following statement grants the Administrators
-- role to the user "Joe Smith".

GRANT "Administrators" TO "Joe Smith"

Required Privileges

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The current user must be granted the system-defined Administrators role in order to execute this statement. Please see the User Security topic for more information.

SQL 2003 Standard Deviations

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This statement deviates from the SQL 2003 standard in the following ways: