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sureshkk
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Posted - 11/30/2011 :  09:30:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi All,

Is there any possibility to get windows login user name using SQL query?

sunitabeck
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Posted - 11/30/2011 :  10:14:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
SUSER_NAME()
SUSER_SNAME()
SYSTEM_USER

Each serves a slightly different purpose - MSDN has the gory details.
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sureshkk
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Posted - 11/30/2011 :  10:19:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks for replay

The above queries display SQL Server Login user,but i need windows login user name.
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sunitabeck
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Posted - 11/30/2011 :  10:57:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
If you are connecting to SQL Server using SQL authentication, I don't think SQL Server knows the AD user. You would have to get that information by querying the Windows (using a Powershell script invoked using xp_cmdshell, for example) or adding AD as a linked server (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic265745-149-1.aspx#bm909492)

I have not done either of these, so I am unable to add more color. I am sure that if there is a better way, someone else would chime in.
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