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Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio showing a query, the results of the query, and the Object Explorer pane while connected to a SQL Server database engine instance. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dear reader,<\/p>\n

Recently I noticed in my daily work that every time I logged in MS SQL<\/a> I was required to select the database which I had to work on and this was regularly in use by me and this lead me to find the solution to change the default database selection after I log on to MS SQL using SSMS to reduce the hassle and also so that I don’t execute queries on different databases<\/a> by mistake.<\/p>\n

There is an inbuilt stored procedure<\/a> name sp_defaultdb<\/a> which can be used as below
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Exec sp_defaultdb @loginame='Domain\/UserName', @defdb='MyDefaultDatabaseName'<\/pre>\n
Here value of parameter @loginname<\/em> is User Name such as ‘sa’ and it can change depending on the MSSQL<\/a> login configurations such as Sql Authentication or Windows Authentication<\/a>. Example shown here is for Windows Authentication. Then value of parameter @defdb is the database name such as ‘master’ or ‘AdventureWorks’ and it will change as per the need to set the default database for the particular login specified.<\/p>\n
But this stored procedure seems soon to be obsolete as mentioned in MSDN<\/a> link here<\/a>. There is newer option available for this purpose – ALTER LOGIN<\/a> which has many other usability apart from setting the default database but I would stick to the topic and show its usage.<\/p>\n
ALTER LOGIN [Domain\\UserName] WITH DEFAULT_DATABASE = [MyDefaultDatabaseName]<\/pre>\n
I hope you found this helpful and learnt something new from this.<\/p>\n
Reference links: StackOverflow – How can I change my default database in SQL Server without using MS SQL Server Management Studio?<\/a><\/p>\n
Keep your comments flowing for what you prefer. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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