Server.EnumWindowsUserInfo Method (String, Boolean)

Article
12/03/2008

Enumerates a list of information about all Microsoft Windows users that have explicitly granted access to the instance of Microsoft SQL Server and with the option to list all the permissions paths (groups) through which the user has been granted access to the instance of SQL Server.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function EnumWindowsUserInfo ( _
    account As String, _
    listPermissionPaths As Boolean _
) As DataTable

public DataTable EnumWindowsUserInfo (
    string account,
    bool listPermissionPaths
)

public:
DataTable^ EnumWindowsUserInfo (
    String^ account, 
    bool listPermissionPaths
)

public DataTable EnumWindowsUserInfo (
    String account, 
    boolean listPermissionPaths
)

public function EnumWindowsUserInfo (
    account : String, 
    listPermissionPaths : boolean
) : DataTable

Parameters

account
A String value that specifies a Windows user account on which to limit the results.

listPermissionPaths
A Boolean value that specifies whether to list the all the permissions paths (other groups) through which the user has been granted access to the instance of SQL Server.

If True, the permissions paths are listed.

If False, the permissions paths are not listed.

Return Value

A DataTable object value that contains a list of Windows users that have explicitly granted access to the instance of SQL Server. The table describes the different columns of the returned DataTable.

Column	Data type	Description
account name	String	The name of the Windows NT user. NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, for example.
type	String	The type of user. This specifies whether the user is an individual account or a group account.

Remarks

Updated text:

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Example

'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server
'Call the EnumCollations method and return collation information to DataTable variable.
Dim d As DataTable
'Select the returned data into an array of DataRow.
d = srv.EnumCollations
'Iterate through the rows and display collation details for the instance of SQL Server.
Dim r As DataRow
Dim c As DataColumn
For Each r In d.Rows
    Console.WriteLine("============================================")
    For Each c In r.Table.Columns
        Console.WriteLine(c.ColumnName + " = " + r(c).ToString)
    Next
Next

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms