Scripting SQL Server permissions

Question

I want to copy all the permission I\'ve set on stored procedures and other stuff from my development database to my production database. It\'s incredibly cumbersome, not to ment

Answer 1

Yes, you can use a script like this to generate another script

SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE @NewRole varchar(100), @SourceRole varchar(100);

-- Change as needed
SELECT @SourceRole = 'Giver', @NewRole = 'Taker';

SELECT
    state_desc + ' ' + permission_name + ' ON ' + OBJECT_NAME(major_id) + ' TO ' + @NewRole
FROM
    sys.database_permissions
WHERE
    grantee_principal_id = DATABASE_PRINCIPAL_ID(@SourceRole) AND
    -- 0 = DB,  1 = object/column, 3 = schema. 1 is normally enough
    class <= 3

This is taken from my answer here