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Author Selecting the database owner
Michael M Mason

2005-05-13, 8:23 pm

Is there an accepted standard way of deciding who should be the owner
(dbo) for a company database?

When you create a database you are automatically the database owner
for that database. If you use Windows authentication and your user-id
is fred, the database owner will be \\mydomain\fred. But in a
commercial environment should the database be 'owned' by a single
individual? Or should it be owned by sa? Or doesn't it really
matter?

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Michael
Hari Prasad

2005-05-14, 3:23 am

Hi,

I preferably keep the SA as the database owner. After that I will assign the
DB_OWNER role to the user who required owner access.

Thanks
Hari
SQL Server MVP


"Michael M Mason" <mmmason@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Is there an accepted standard way of deciding who should be the owner
> (dbo) for a company database?
>
> When you create a database you are automatically the database owner
> for that database. If you use Windows authentication and your user-id
> is fred, the database owner will be \\mydomain\fred. But in a
> commercial environment should the database be 'owned' by a single
> individual? Or should it be owned by sa? Or doesn't it really
> matter?
>
> --
> Michael



Nik

2005-05-25, 8:24 pm

Depends on the requirement and environment
but most of the commercial application have DBO as the owner
"Michael M Mason" <mmmason@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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vu7jept0adh7perk9oc@
4ax.com...
> Is there an accepted standard way of deciding who should be the owner
> (dbo) for a company database?
>
> When you create a database you are automatically the database owner
> for that database. If you use Windows authentication and your user-id
> is fred, the database owner will be \\mydomain\fred. But in a
> commercial environment should the database be 'owned' by a single
> individual? Or should it be owned by sa? Or doesn't it really
> matter?
>
> --
> Michael



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