SQL Server with Rick Martinez » SQL Login http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/martinez-sql-server When it comes to performing your daily SQL Server Tasks, technical documentation tends to tell you more than what you need to know! This blog covers the basics and beyond demonstrating the techniques and functionality offered in SQL Server. Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:52:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 SQL Server Login SID http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/martinez-sql-server/sql-server-login-sid/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/martinez-sql-server/sql-server-login-sid/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:45:59 +0000 Rick Martinez http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/martinez-sql-server/sql-server-login-sid/ If you restore a database on a second sql server and you need to be changing the sql login every time you restore that database you can use CREATE LOGIN. You can use the following sql to create the account on the second server using the same sid from server 1. BOL

--check existing users on SERVER
select name, sid from dbo.syslogins

--create the account with the same sid from server 1
create login rickmartinez
with
	password = 'pa$$word',
	sid = 0x02D76C40D8B6BD41BB809DA2DA58590D,
	default_database = yourdatabasename,
	default_language = English
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