Built-in database role in SQL Server 2005 to permit execution of stored procedures?

Question

In SQL Server 2005, there are built in roles:

db_reader

db_writer

etc.

Is there any role that lets a user execute an stored proc?

I don't want to use db_owner, because that will permit deletion and updates, which I don't need. The only permissions I need are:

SELECT

EXECUTE

Answer 1

No, I don't believe that there is a database or server role - you have to grant the execute permission granularly to the user for the relevant stored procedures.

Answer 2

Take a look at this site. It may provide you an interesting idea to do this quickly.

Answer 3

To expand on the answer, the general gist is to create a database role and assign permissions to that role. In order to do that, you need some fancy dynamic SQL such as:

Set @Routines = Cursor Fast_Forward For
    Select ROUTINE_SCHEMA + '.' + ROUTINE_NAME, ROUTINE_TYPE, DATA_TYPE
    From INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES
    Where ROUTINE_NAME NOT LIKE 'dt_%'
        Or ROUTINE_TYPE = 'FUNCTION'

Open @Routines
Fetch Next From @Routines Into @Procname, @RoutineType, @DataType

While @@Fetch_Status = 0
Begin
    Set @Msg = 'Procname: ' + @Procname + ', Type: ' + @RoutineType + ', DataType: ' + Coalesce(@DataType,'')
    Raiserror(@Msg, 10, 1) WITH NOWAIT

    If @RoutineType = 'FUNCTION' And @DataType = 'TABLE'
        Set @SQL = 'GRANT SELECT ON OBJECT::' + @Procname + ' TO StoredProcedureDataReader'
    Else
        Set @SQL = 'GRANT EXECUTE ON OBJECT::' + @Procname + ' TO StoredProcedureDataReader'

    exec(@SQL)

    Fetch Next From @Routines Into @Procname, @RoutineType, @DataType
End

Close @Routines
Deallocate @Routines

This code will grant EXECUTE to stored procedures and scalar functions and SELECT to user-defined functions that return a TABLE type.