Question

I am trying to locally install a CMS for my website. During this installation process, it shows me an error “User or role does not exist in the database.
Screenshot of the error:

Here’s the screenshot of the database properties from Management Studio.

How can I add a new role or user to this database?

Answer 1

Within SQL Server Management Studio

1. Expand the Security node
2. Right-click the Logins node and select New Login…
3. Provide a login name and password (SQL authentication) or a logon name only if using Windows authentication.
4. Click User Mapping in the “Select a page” box on the left.
5. Check the database dbemployee in the list.
6. Grant the appropriate security in the database role membership.

Hit OK and you should be good to go.