Symptom
- Unable to drop alias when no login record exists
- A check of the sysalternates table and user names shows that some orphaned aliases exist in the database:
1> select suser_name(suid), * from sysalternates
2> go
suid altsuid
------------------------------ ----------- -----------
myuser 7 1
NULL 366 1 - Attempt to remove the orphaned alias fails:
1> sp_dropalias NULL
2> go
Msg 17231, Level 16, State 1:
Server 'SYBASE', Procedure 'sp_dropalias', Line 176:
No login with the specified name exists.
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Environment
SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 15.7
Product
SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7
Keywords
KBA , syslogins , orphaned , BC-SYB-ASE , Sybase ASE Database Platform (non Business Suite) , BC-SYB-ASE-CE , ASE Cluster Edition (Standalone) , Problem
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