Comments about syslogins

  • I'm running SQL 2000, sp4. Usually I use sp_helplogins to get the info when I need it. Today however, I queried syslogins directly. I noticed something weird with the data. For all the SQL users, in the language column, it's filled with hex or binary data, under the denylogin column it states "us_english" and loginname is blank. However, for all the windows users, the language column states "us_english", under the denylogin column it has either 1 or 0 and loginname is correctly populated. I am NOT experiencing any issues so I'm not overly concerned. Just thought it quite odd. It's like something in the view but darned if I can find it.

    Lastly, the CHECKDBs are always clean, and as stated before, we aren't having any issues.

    Anybody see this before?

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  • Ok, this is getting weirder. If I run the following:

    select *, 'servername' as location from syslogins

    For Windows users location displays "servername" but for sql users, it shows their loginname. It's like the flippin' Twilight Zone - I can even hear the music :w00t:

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