Here’s the simplest repro case possible.
- Create a brand new database. (I'm using SQL 2005.)
- Create a login, a SQL user, and a table in the new database (see sample code below).
- Launch SSMS and open Object Explorer, logging in as the newly-created user.
- Attempt to open the "Tables" folder in the Object Explorer.
The Problem
Fails with this error message.
Message Text:
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
Failed to retrieve data for this request. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Sdk.Sfc)
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
The SELECT permission was denied on the object 'extended_properties', database mssqlsystemresource', schema 'sys'. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 229)
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This user can access the table and the record in the table. But the user cannot access the list of tables in Object Explorer.
SELECT USER_NAME() AS CurrentUser, col1
FROM dbo.TestTable
CurrentUser col1
----------- ----
robg_test 1000
The only work-around I have found is to give the user higher-than-necessary privileges (like db_datareader).
The Question:
What is the minimum privilege required to allow this user to open the table list in Object Explorer?
I have tried granting the user various privileges on the dbo schema, but that did not help.
Note also that I am using a SQL user simply to illustrate the problem. The original problem was with an AD user.
Here is a relatively similar question at serverfault.
Code
SET NOCOUNT ON
USE master
GO
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.server_principals WHERE name = N'robg_test')
DROP LOGIN [robg_test]
GO
CREATE LOGIN [robg_test]
WITH
PASSWORD = N'CLK63!!black',
DEFAULT_DATABASE = [RGTest],
DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = [us_english],
CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF,
CHECK_POLICY = ON
GO
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.databases WHERE name = 'RGTest')
DROP DATABASE [RGTest]
GO
CREATE DATABASE [RGTest]
GO
USE [RGTest]
GO
CREATE USER [robg_test] FOR LOGIN [robg_test] WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = [dbo]
GO
CREATE TABLE dbo.TestTable (col1 int)
GO
GRANT SELECT ON dbo.TestTable TO [robg_test]
GO
INSERT INTO dbo.TestTable VALUES (1000)
GO
