Returns information about the mutual exclusivity between two roles.
mut_excl_roles (role1, role2 [membership | activation])
is one user-defined role in a mutually exclusive relationship.
is the other user-defined role in a mutually exclusive relationship.
is the level (membership or activation) at which the specified roles are exclusive.
Shows that the admin and supervisor roles are mutually exclusive:
alter role admin add exclusive membership supervisor
select
mut_excl_roles("admin", "supervisor", "membership")
----------- 1
mut_excl_roles, a system function, returns information about the mutual exclusivity between two roles. If the System Security Officer defines role1 as mutually exclusive with role2 or a role directly contained by role2, mut_excl_roles returns 1. If the roles are not mutually exclusive, mut_excl_roles returns 0.
For general information about system functions, see “System functions”.
SQL92 – Compliance level: Transact-SQL extension
Any user can execute mut_excl_roles.
Commands alter role, create role, drop role, grant, set, revoke
Functions proc_role,role_contain,role_id, role_name
System procedures sp_activeroles, sp_displayroles, sp_role
