Get list of databases user has access to

Question

I have a SQL Server 2008 instance with several databases and I\'m currently writing a C# application to access those databases. In this app, the end user can select a databa

Answer 1

You can use the system stored procedure sp_helplogins 'User Name'

Answer 2

You can query all databases from sys.sysdatabases, and check if the user has access with HAS_DBACCESS:

SELECT name
FROM sys.sysdatabases
WHERE HAS_DBACCESS(name) = 1

Answer 3

Maybe as an alternative to Andomars answer (which I like!) you could interrogate Active Directory to see if the user is a member of a valid group for your database. I suspect this would mean you would have to maintain some Windows Group to Database Name lookup.