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

  Contains information about permissions granted and denied to users, groups, and roles in the database.  
  
> [!IMPORTANT]  
>  [!INCLUDE[ssnoteCompView](../../includes/ssnotecompview-md.md)]  
  
|Column name|Data type|Description|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|  
|**id**|**int**|ID of the object for object permissions.<br /><br /> 0 = Statement permissions.|  
|**grantee**|**smallint**|ID of the user, group, or role affected by the permission.|  
|**grantor**|**smallint**|ID of the user, group, or role that granted or denied the permission.|  
|**actadd**|**smallint**|[!INCLUDE[ssInternalOnly](../../includes/ssinternalonly-md.md)]|  
|**actmod**|**smallint**|[!INCLUDE[ssInternalOnly](../../includes/ssinternalonly-md.md)]|  
|**seladd**|**varbinary(4000)**|[!INCLUDE[ssInternalOnly](../../includes/ssinternalonly-md.md)]|  
|**selmod**|**varbinary(4000)**|[!INCLUDE[ssInternalOnly](../../includes/ssinternalonly-md.md)]|  
|**updadd**|**varbinary(4000)**|[!INCLUDE[ssInternalOnly](../../includes/ssinternalonly-md.md)]|  
|**updmod**|**varbinary(4000)**|[!INCLUDE[ssInternalOnly](../../includes/ssinternalonly-md.md)]|  
|**refadd**|**varbinary(4000)**|[!INCLUDE[ssInternalOnly](../../includes/ssinternalonly-md.md)]|  
|**refmod**|**varbinary(4000)**|[!INCLUDE[ssInternalOnly](../../includes/ssinternalonly-md.md)]|  
  
## See Also  
 [Mapping System Tables to System Views &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../relational-databases/system-tables/mapping-system-tables-to-system-views-transact-sql.md)   
 [Compatibility Views &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](~/relational-databases/system-compatibility-views/system-compatibility-views-transact-sql.md)