Question

I am moving a SQL Server 2005 database to a new server using a backup. I was able to restore the backup to a new location without mishap.

The problem is, I have a number of Sql Server users who were connected to a login on the old server. Those logins were not there on the new server — so I added them in (with the same passwords).

However, the SQL Server users are not automatically updated to those logins. In fact, in ManagementStudio, when I look at the properties of a user, it says the username is “without login”, and the radio buttons are grayed out so I can’t choose another one.

I tried this:

USE GlobalData --(the name of the database)
GO
ALTER USER Centration WITH LOGIN = Centration; --(both user and login are Centration)

and I get an error:

Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
Incorrect syntax near 'LOGIN'.

How can I do this?

Answer 1

You can try this:

In management studio, select your database and then execute this command:

sp_change_users_login 'report'

This will produce a list of Users and Logins that are not mapped, then you can run the following command multiple times to map them; Run it per result that came back on the previous query:

sp_change_users_login 'Update_One', 'Centration', 'Centration';
go
sp_change_users_login 'Update_One', 'Centration2', 'Centration2';

etc etc.

Hope this helps.