Question

I want to change the permissions for all the tables in a SQL-Server database at once. Is there a way to do this?

Answer 1

Run the results of this script (change to suit your requirements):

SELECT
    'GRANT SELECT ON ' + OBJECT_NAME(o.object_id) + ' TO myRole'
FROM
    sys.objects o
WHERE
    OBJECTPROPERTY(o.object_id, 'IsMSSHipped') = 0
    AND
    OBJECTPROPERTY(o.object_id, 'IsTable') = 1
ORDER BY
    OBJECT_NAME(o.object_id)