There used to be a setting in SQL Server 2000 to "Allow modifications to be made directly to the system catalogs", this would allow you to list the contents of the sysusers table and delete rows.
I cannot find the same setting or where I can list and modify the sysusers table in SQL Server 2005.
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No, you don't. SQL Logins can be migrated between servers without direct modification.
To move logins between SQL 2000 and SQL 2005:
http://support.microsoft.c
To move between SQL 2005 and SQL 2005:
http://support.microsoft.c
I have successfully used this to migrate between SQL 2000 and SQL 2005, as well as between instances of SQL 2005.
Run a test if you like to satisfy yourself - this is the recommended (and supported) method.
Also remember that the login is a server account, and the sysuser is a database account. Both are required for a valid SQL Login to work (and this method preserves the SIDS, making it relatively simple).
I really am not trying to argue, I really don't know what I am talking about, but....
If I look at the sysuser table in MASTER and the sysuser table in my database, they are different. All of the accounts listed in the MASTER are also in my database plus all of my database users. My users don't appear in the MASTER sysuser table...
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by: NightmanPosted on 2007-03-05 at 11:11:03ID: 18656550
Before I look up where, I ahve to ask why? Modifying these tables is considered a bad idea, and not supported by Microsoft.