Question

I have a Windows Service that requires execute permissions on a SQL Server 2005 DB. On start up I check to see if I can connect to the DB and stop the service if I can’t. I also want to do a check to see if I can execute a stored procedure using that connection. Is there a way to do that without actually attempting to execute a sproc and looking at the exception if one occurs?

Answer 1

SQL 2005 and on you can check any permission with HAS_PERM_BY_NAME:

SELECT HAS_PERMS_BY_NAME('sp_foo', 'OBJECT', 'EXECUTE');