Audit Schema Object GDR Event Class

The Audit Schema Object GDR event class occurs whenever a GRANT, REVOKE, or DENY is issued for a schema object permission by any user in Microsoft SQL Server.

Audit Schema Object GDR Event Class Data Columns

Data column name Data type Description Column ID Filterable

ApplicationName

nvarchar

Name of the client application that created the connection to an instance of SQL Server. This column is populated with the values passed by the application rather than the displayed name of the program.

10

Yes

ClientProcessID

int

ID assigned by the host computer to the process where the client application is running. This data column is populated if the client provides the client process ID.

9

Yes

ColumnPermissions

int

Indicator of whether a column permission was set. Parse the statement text to determine exactly which permissions were applied to which columns. 1=Yes, 0=No.

44

Yes

DatabaseID

int

ID of the database specified by the USE database statement or the default database if no USE database statement has been issued for a given instance. SQL Server Profiler displays the name of the database if the ServerName data column is captured in the trace and the server is available. Determine the value for a database by using the DB_ID function.

3

Yes

DatabaseName

nvarchar

Name of the database in which the user statement is running.

35

Yes

DBUserName

nvarchar

SQL Server user name of the client.

40

Yes

EventClass

int

Type of event = 103.

27

No

EventSequence

int

Sequence of a given event within the request.

51

No

EventSubClass

int

Type of event subclass.

1=Grant

2=Revoke

3=Deny

21

Yes

HostName

nvarchar

Name of the computer on which the client is running. This data column is populated if the host name is provided by the client. To determine the host name, use the HOST_NAME function.

8

Yes

IsSystem

int

Indicates whether the event occurred on a system process or a user process. 1 = system, 0 = user.

60

Yes

LoginName

nvarchar

Name of the login of the user (either the SQL Server security login or the Microsoft Windows login credentials in the form of DOMAIN\username).

11

Yes

LoginSid

image

Security identification number (SID) of the logged-in user. You can find this information in the syslogins table of the master database. Each SID is unique for each login in the server.

41

Yes

NTDomainName

nvarchar

Windows domain to which the user belongs.

7

Yes

NTUserName

nvarchar

Windows user name.

6

Yes

ObjectName

nvarchar

Name of the object that is the target of the grant/revoke/deny.

34

Yes

ObjectType

int

Value representing the type of the object involved in the event. This value corresponds to the type column in the sysobjects table. For values, see ObjectType Trace Event Column.

28

Yes

OwnerName

nvarchar

Database username of the object owner of the object being targeted in the grant/revoke/deny.

37

Yes

ParentName

nvarchar

Name of the schema the object is within.

59

Yes

Permissions

bigint

Integer value representing the type of permissions checked.

1=SELECT ALL

2=UPDATE ALL

4=REFERENCES ALL

8=INSERT

16=DELETE

32=EXECUTE (procedures only)

4096=SELECT ANY (at least one column)

8192=UPDATE ANY

16384=REFERENCES ANY

19

Yes

RequestID

int

ID of the request containing the statement.

49

Yes

ServerName

nvarchar

Name of the instance of SQL Server being traced.

26

No

SessionLoginName

nvarchar

Login name of the user who originated the session. For example, if you connect to SQL Server using Login1 and execute a statement as Login2, SessionLoginName shows Login1 and LoginName shows Login2. This column displays both SQL Server and Windows logins.

64

Yes

SPID

int

ID of the session on which the event occurred.

12

Yes

StartTime

datetime

Time at which the event started, if available.

14

Yes

Success

int

1 = success. 0 = failure. For example, a value of 1 indicates success of a permissions check and a value of 0 indicates failure of that check.

23

Yes

TargetLoginName

nvarchar

For actions that target a login (for example, adding a new login), the name of the targeted login.

42

Yes

TargetLoginSid

image

For actions that target a login (for example, adding a new login), the security identification number (SID) of the targeted login.

43

Yes

TargetUserName

nvarchar

For actions that target a database user (for example, granting permission to a user), the name of that user.

39

Yes

TextData

ntext

Text value dependent on the event class captured in the trace.

1

Yes

TransactionID

bigint

System-assigned ID of the transaction.

4

Yes

XactSequence

bigint

Token used to describe the current transaction.

50

Yes

See Also

Other Resources

Monitoring Events
sp_trace_setevent (Transact-SQL)
GRANT (Transact-SQL)
REVOKE (Transact-SQL)
DENY (Transact-SQL)

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance

Change History

Release History

5 December 2005

Changed content:
  • Updated description and data type for the Permissions column.