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   Erland Sommarskog to Fred.   
   Re: A Question on Triggers   
   25 Apr 11 20:42:00   
   
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   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Fred. (ghrno-google@yahoo.com) writes:   
   > SYSTEM_USER is documented in as returning the login name of the   
   > current user.  What it seem to return in my environment is the login   
   > ID of the current user, in the form [domain]\[userid] where [domain]   
   > is the short or local domain name.   
      
   Small caveat here: it is better in most cases to use original_login().   
      
   In most cases, they will show the same thing, but if there has been   
   impersonation, original_login() will show you the user who actually   
   logged into SQL Server.   
   --   
   Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Links for SQL Server Books Online:   
   SQL 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/cc514207.aspx   
   SQL 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb895970.aspx   
      
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