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Asked: 2026-06-01T16:53:44+00:00

I use SQL SERVER 2008 R2 Express. I’m on a NEW project with a

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I use SQL SERVER 2008 R2 Express.

I’m on a NEW project with a database named myDatabase with the db owner username myUsernamae.

I would like to use ALTER ROLE instead of sp_addrolemember due to this message from Microsoft regarding sp_addrolemember (Transact-SQL):

Important This feature will be removed in a future version of
Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development
work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.
Use ALTER ROLE instead.

I tried 

USE [myDatabase]
GO

ALTER ROLE [db_owner] ADD MEMBER [myUsername]
GO

but I keep getting this error message:

Incorrect syntax near the keyword ‘ADD’.

What is the correct syntax?

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  1. Editorial Team

    ALTER ROLE is new to SQL Server 2012, while you are using SQL Server 2008 R2.

    I wouldn’t worry to much about sp_addrolemember. Scripts generated by 2008R2 Management Studio use this procedure, so it should be a while before they really phase it out.

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