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lokhande.shirish
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Posted - 03/07/2007 :  02:35:08  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi,

Can any one tell me how to find the User name and password by using sql statement. I am using sql server 2000. i.e Username = sa and password = abc

shirish

harsh_athalye
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Posted - 03/07/2007 :  02:39:13  Show Profile  Visit harsh_athalye's Homepage  Click to see harsh_athalye's MSN Messenger address  Send harsh_athalye a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
You can't retrieve SQL Server user's password because it not stored in plaintext format within the system tables.

For user name, you can query master..sysxlogins table.

Harsh Athalye
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Kristen
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Posted - 03/07/2007 :  02:40:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Passwords are encrypted, so you can't query them.

What's the problem you are trying to solve? For example: has the only person who knows the SA password left? If so there are easy ways around that ...

Kristen
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