Hi Perry

no luck:

The installation package could not be opened

Contact the application vendor to verify that this is

a valid Windows Installer package.

Thanks

Jim

FYI

seems they only needed db_owner role but

problem was that there are three databases that needed the role as they only had it on one of the databases:

Databases needing db_owner:

...

Hi Perry

these devlopers are using thier own active directory domain accounts

from what articles i have read, it seems to use\ STSADM you need db_owner, dbcreator, and securityadmin

Thanks

Jim

Hi Folks

here is what I have been told by the sysadmin for the developers

apparently

they are not talking about sql server database exports and imports

these devlopers are using some SHAREPOINT utility...

Do you have an example of what output should look like ?

thanks

jim

Thanks Guys

appeciate all the input

i guess i need to find out exactly what the developer's requirment(s) are

the sysadmin just came in and asked me what permissions developers need to do...

Hi Steve

that sounds do-able

first i believe they do not want to do backups, i do those on the sql server

i think they want to be able to do exports and...

More Info:

they are using sharepoint on their own servers

their sharpoint databases reside on the SQL server 2005 server

Hi Steve

each developer has their own virtual server that they log on to for developement

then then connect to a SQL Server with SQL SERVER 2005 databases on it

they want...

Hi Toby

well..let me start over

i have a sql server with many databases

i have several developers with their own server (1 server = 1 developer)

they connect from these developer servers with...

Hi Toby

well i would rather not execute anything unless i can see what it does

does this actually do it instead of generating the sql to do it

is 'Domain\Username' suppose to...

can you explain to me just what this does ?

I believe they all have domain accounts that they use to log on to their respective servers

Thanks

will take a look at it

Jim

Hi Jason

thanks

unfortyunately, working at an AFB, that site is blocked

i will have to read it from home

Jim