Database Error 916
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SQL Server Management Studio Problem When connecting to SQL Server using Management Studio (SSMS), with limited permissions, you do not see any sql server error 916 sql server management studio user databases or receive Error 916 when expanding the database list from
The Server Principal Is Not Able To Access The Database Under The Current Security Context. Sql 2012
Object Explorer. The error message is "The server principal "Login Name" is not able to access the database sql server message 916 dynamics sl "database name" under the current security context. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 916)." In this tip I will explain the root cause of this issue and how to fix it. Solution
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You can experience Error 916 when you connect to SQL Server using SSMS with limited access such as db_datareader, db_datawriter or db_owner for a specific database. Reasons for SQL Server Error 916 Here are some possible reasons for SQL Server Error 916: A login does not have permission to view data of a column selected in the header A database is user mapping in login properties of microsoft sql server management studio offline and/or its collation is NULL Multiple databases with different collations are on the instance and SSMS is unable to retrieve the collation because a database is configured to auto-close Reproduce and Correct SQL Server Error 916 Step 1: Connect the SQL Server using SSMS. Step 2: Click on Object Explorer Details option from the View Menu or press F7. Step 3: Double click on the Databases folder. Step 4: In the image below you can see there are multiple columns like Name, Policy Health State, Collation, Data Created, Last Backup Date, Size (MB), Data Space Used (KB), Index Space Used (KB), etc. in the column header, but no user defined databases are being displayed. Step 5: Before fixing the error, let's see if we can find the root cause of the issue. To do so I connected SQL Server again with SSMS using the SA account and found that the collation is NULL for two user defined databases as shown below. Step 6: To resolve the issue above, right click on column header in the Object Explorer Deta
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answer, and if it’s wrong, file a bug against it using the “Feedback” Button. It kinds of goes sp_change_users_login without saying (so of course I’m saying it) that unless you have a *really* compelling reason to change anything in the system databases you shouldn’t. And by “system databases” what I mean https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2761/sql-server-management-studio-error-916/ are the big four: 1. master 2. model 3. msdb 4. tempdb In some cases however - specifically in the security area - we (Microsoft) have been less than clear on the system databases. I want to address one particular issue that’s been going around in discussions on the web, so I want to make sure I clear this up carefully. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/buckwoody/2010/08/02/dont-mess-with-the-system-databases-in-sql-server-or-error-916/ Statement: Don’t remove the “guest” account from the msdb system database. Hopefully that’s clear. Just don’t remove it. It’s not a bug that it's in there.You need to keep the guest account in msdb for LOTS of stuff to work, from Policy Based Management (PBM) all the way to SQL Server Management Studio. If you do remove it, you’re apt to get this message(but only if you’re not in the sysadmin group): Failed to retrieve data for this request. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Manager.Sdk.Sfc) Additional Information: An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo) The server principal “Buck” is not able to access the database “msdb” under the current security context. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 916) I know, this is a very rare thing, and if you change something and then things quit working, you’ll probably put 2 + 2 together to know what happened. But just in case an admin removes it and you can’t access your databases through SSMS any more, well, there you go. We DO have documentation on this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee342155.aspx and we’ll be updating the security best practices wh
Home > Tech Hub > The server principal ‘A' is not able to access the database ‘B' under the current security context (Microsoft SQL Server, http://www.sherweb.com/blog/the-server-principal-a-is-not-able-to-access-the-database-b-under-the-current-security-context-microsoft-sql-server-error-916/ Error:916) SQL Server The server principal ‘A' is not able to access the database ‘B' under the current security context (Microsoft SQL Server, Error:916) by Desiree Harris on July 1, 2008 Hi All! I ran into an issue that I could not resolve for two days and, with the help of MS, it is finally resolved. It was sql server enough of a thorn in my side that I thought I should post it online in hopes that it will help some resolve it a lot faster. The error: The server principal 'A' is not able to access the database 'B' under the current security context (Microsoft SQL Server, Error:916) The issue: This issue occurs with SQL Server sql server management 2008 RC0 tools. Using SQL authentication, I could connect to database engine but I could not expand the ‘Databases’ node. It would result in the error above. The issue is with SQL Server Management Studio itself, not the database engine or any other aspect of SQL Server. I could connect to the SQL installation from another server running SQL Server 2008 RC0, using SQL authentication, and expand the ‘Databases’ node without any errors. But I couldn’t connect locally using SQL authentication. In a nutshell: Server A – While logged in locally on Server A, I could not connect and expand the ‘Databases’ node successfully using SQL authentication. Server B – I could connect to the SQL instance on Server A and expand the ‘Databases’ node using SQL authentication successfully. Based on my current understanding of the issue at hand, there are several work-a-rounds to correct this issue. Hopefully, one of them will work for you. Work around #1: 1.Within SQL Server Management Studio, view Object Explorer Details window by selecting View, Object Explorer