How can I view all grants for an SQL Database?

Question

I am using SQL Server 2005, I want to find out what all the grants are on a specific database for all tables. It would also help to find out all tables where the delete gran

Answer 1

To list all the permissions that can be controlled you can use the function fn_my_permission. This query lists all permissions on server:

select * from fn_my_permissions(NULL, NULL)

You have to login using an account that has sysadmin role.

You can refine the function calls using following parameters.

For all permissions on database:

select * from fn_my_permissions(NULL, 'database')

For all permissions on the dbo schema:

select * from fn_my_permissions('dbo', 'schema')

For all permissions on a table:

select * from fn_my_permissions('dbo.test', 'object')