Error creating login - Incorrect syntax near 'LOGIN'.

Hi,
I am using Sql server 2005 and when I try to create a new login from
the sql server mgmnt studio, I get this error.
Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
Line 1: Incorrect syntax near 'LOGIN'.
I have logged in as "sa" and the login statement that I am using is:
CREATE LOGIN test WITH PASSWORD = 'beta'
The product version is 8.00.2039.
Anybody knows whats wrong'
Thanks for helping out.
EshaWorks for me. The two most likely cause I can think of is there's a
non-printable character somewhere that didn't get copied to the post or you
have a Beta version of SQL Server 2005 (or SQL Server 2000) that had a
different CREATE LOGIN syntax.
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"Esha" <eshhyasi@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I am using Sql server 2005 and when I try to create a new login from
> the sql server mgmnt studio, I get this error.
>
> Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
> Line 1: Incorrect syntax near 'LOGIN'.
>
> I have logged in as "sa" and the login statement that I am using is:
> CREATE LOGIN test WITH PASSWORD = 'beta'
> The product version is 8.00.2039.
> Anybody knows whats wrong'
> Thanks for helping out.
> Esha
>|||Esha,
CREATE LOGIN is a new T-SQL statement in SQL Server 2005.
Since you are using SQL Server 2000, you need to use sp_addlogin
or sp_grantlogin. Management Studio should use the version-appropriate
T-SQL depending on whether you are adding a login to a 2000 instance
or a 2005 instance. If this is not working for you, can you tell us what
steps you are taking in Management Studio in your attempt to create
the new login?
Steve Kass
Drew University
Esha wrote:

>Hi,
>I am using Sql server 2005 and when I try to create a new login from
>the sql server mgmnt studio, I get this error.
>
>Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
>Line 1: Incorrect syntax near 'LOGIN'.
>
>I have logged in as "sa" and the login statement that I am using is:
>CREATE LOGIN test WITH PASSWORD = 'beta'
>The product version is 8.00.2039.
>Anybody knows whats wrong'
>Thanks for helping out.
>Esha
>
>|||Hi Steve,
Thanks for the quick response.
I just verified and you are right. My database engine is SQL server
2000 but my management studio is 2005. I used sp_addlogin and it
worked.
I created a new user for the new login from the management studio and I
assigned the roles of db_datareader and db_datawriter. If I need to
allow the user, read and write access only, but not "execute" access
for scripts, do I need to assign any other roles apart from the above
two?
Thanks a lot
Esha
Steve Kass wrote:
> Esha,
> CREATE LOGIN is a new T-SQL statement in SQL Server 2005.
> Since you are using SQL Server 2000, you need to use sp_addlogin
> or sp_grantlogin. Management Studio should use the version-appropriate
> T-SQL depending on whether you are adding a login to a 2000 instance
> or a 2005 instance. If this is not working for you, can you tell us what
> steps you are taking in Management Studio in your attempt to create
> the new login?
> Steve Kass
> Drew University
> Esha wrote:
>|||Thanks Roger,
I was using management studio 2005 to connect to SQL server 2000 and
hence it was not working. I used sp_addlogin as suggested by Steve and
it worked.
Thanks a lot,
Esha
Roger Wolter[MSFT] wrote:
> Works for me. The two most likely cause I can think of is there's a
> non-printable character somewhere that didn't get copied to the post or yo
u
> have a Beta version of SQL Server 2005 (or SQL Server 2000) that had a
> different CREATE LOGIN syntax.
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
.
> Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
> http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm
> "Esha" <eshhyasi@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1151465435.377462.192620@.p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...|||Esha,
Whether the user can "execute" a script (a T-SQL statement?) depends on
what the script does. A data reader can execute a SELECT statement,
and a data writer can execute DELETE, UPDATE, or INSERT statements.
You can grant or deny permissions on individual stored procedures, tables,
and other objects more specifically with GRANT and DENY. The security
models for 2000 and 2005 are somewhat different, and I suggest you refer to
Books Online for the appropriate version of your database instance for more
details.
SK
Esha wrote:

>Hi Steve,
>Thanks for the quick response.
>I just verified and you are right. My database engine is SQL server
>2000 but my management studio is 2005. I used sp_addlogin and it
>worked.
>I created a new user for the new login from the management studio and I
>assigned the roles of db_datareader and db_datawriter. If I need to
>allow the user, read and write access only, but not "execute" access
>for scripts, do I need to assign any other roles apart from the above
>two?
>Thanks a lot
>Esha
>Steve Kass wrote:
>
>
>