Article ID: 170446
Article Last Modified on 10/3/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q170446
BUG #: 16830
SYMPTOMS
You may experience the following error message when a database owner (DBO) assigns permissions for a view that contains 2^N - 1 columns, where N is >= 3 (such as 7, 15, 31, 63... in decimal or 111, 1111, 11111, 111111... in binary):
The following scripts demonstrate this problem:
Step 1: Connect to SQL Server as a systems administrator (SA) from ISQL/w.
USE pubs GO sp_dropalias pubsdbo GO sp_droplogin pubsdbo GO sp_addlogin pubsdbo, NULL, pubs GO sp_addalias pubsdbo, dbo GO SETUSER GO IF EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM sysobjects WHERE id = object_id('user1.user1view') and type = 'V') DROP VIEW user1.user1view GO sp_dropuser user1 GO sp_dropuser user2 GO sp_droplogin user1 GO sp_droplogin user2 GO sp_addlogin user1, NULL, pubs GO sp_addlogin user2, NULL, pubs GO sp_adduser user1 GO sp_adduser user2 GO GRANT CREATE VIEW TO user1 GO SETUSER 'user1' GO IF EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM sysobjects WHERE id = object_id('user1.user1view') and type = 'V') DROP VIEW user1.user1view GO CREATE VIEW user1view AS SELECT 1 as c1, 2 as c2, 3 as c3, 4 as c4, 5 as c5, 6 as c6, 7 as c7 GO GRANT ALL ON user1view TO DBO WITH GRANT OPTION GO SETUSER GO
Step 2: Connect to SQL Server and log on as "pubsdbo" with no password.
GRANT SELECT ON user1.user1view TO user2 GO
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, create a view with the number of columns that has fewer or more than 2^N - 1 columns, where N >= 3.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
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