I want to design a user/role system: The users have a name and a password and then the user can have several roles like Admin. For this I created a schema like this: Users: CREATE TABLE [dbo].[...

Nov 13, 2010 · I have users who can login on a front-end page, and admins who can login on an admin page. Should both users and admins be "Users" with different roles, or should they be split in different tables?

To easily manage the permissions in your databases, SQL Server provides several roles that are security principals that group other principals. They are like groups in the Windows operating system. Database-level roles are database-wide in their permissions scope.

Aug 18, 2010 · In general, having separate tables for customers and admins should speed-up any admin/customer related query. Sometimes, users and customers have differents properties, so you need to split into 2 tables instead of putting optional columns in the same table.

Oct 26, 2018 · To work on the database, you must have access to the server first, then you need access to the database. A Login grants the principal entry into the server. A User grants a login entry into a single database. One Login can be associated with many users (one per database).

Mar 14, 2011 · In this model, an administrator assigns a user to a role that has certain predetermined right and privileges. Because of the user's association with the role, the user can access certain resources and perform specific tasks.

Feb 10, 2025 · Beginning with SQL Server 2012 (11.x), you can create user-defined server roles and add server-level permissions to the user-defined server roles.

This SQL Server administration tutorial provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to administer SQL Server database servers effectively. This tutorial is for database administrators and developers, who want to administer SQL Server successfully.

Dec 19, 2018 · Is there a way to create or change a special role for creating tables? Our software developer team has db_datareader and db_datawriter roles but they can not create new tables. I read this article related to database level roles.

Mar 16, 2020 · I'm designing a DB for a small school project, but currently struggling with the design of the User table and it's related tables. Basically: A User can be a Student, a Teacher or an Admin.