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# sys.sysmembers (Transact-SQL)
[!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md.md)]

  Contains a row for each member of a database role.  
  
> [!IMPORTANT]  
>  [!INCLUDE[ssnoteCompView](../../includes/ssnotecompview-md.md)]  
  
|Column name|Data type|Description|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|  
|**memberuid**|**smallint**|User ID for the role member. Overflows or returns NULL if the number of users and roles exceeds 32,767.|  
|**groupuid**|**smallint**|User ID for the role. Overflows or returns NULL if the number of users and roles exceeds 32,767.|  
  
## See Also  
 [Mapping System Tables to System Views (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-tables/mapping-system-tables-to-system-views-transact-sql.md)   
 [Compatibility Views (Transact-SQL)](~/relational-databases/system-compatibility-views/system-compatibility-views-transact-sql.md)