Owner Property (Database) (SQL-DMO)

The Owner property exposes the Microsoft® SQL Server™ user-assigned ownership rights to the referenced SQL Server element.

Applies To

Database Object

Syntax

object.Owner

Part	Description
object	Expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list

Remarks

SQL Server establishes ownership rules for databases. Some permissions default to a database owner, and ownership forms one portion of SQL Server access control.

SQL Server database ownership can be changed using the SetOwner method of the Database object.

Data Type

String

Modifiable

Read-only

Prototype (C/C++)

HRESULT GetOwner(SQLDMO_LPBSTR pRetVal);

Note SQL-DMO strings are always returned as OLE BSTR objects. A C/C++ application obtains a reference to the string. The application must release the reference by using SysFreeString.