FIX: GRANT ALL Fails to Give Permissions on Stored Procedures (153803)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft SQL Server 6.5
This article was previously published under Q153803

SYMPTOMS

When a user attempts to GRANT ALL to a stored procedure, the permissions can fail to be applied. No errors are reported; SQL Server simply does not give permission to the stored procedure. Once this happens to a stored procedure, it will always happen, and GRANT ALL will never work for that stored procedure.

WORKAROUND

To grant permissions to a stored procedure, use GRANT EXEC instead of GRANT ALL.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft SQL Server U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): 
   S E R V P A C K
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/3/2003
Keywords:kbfix kbnetwork KB153803
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