Table not getting created under dbo schema

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When creating tables in SSMS, I've realized that if you execute the following statement:

CREATE TABLE [tableName];

the table will be created under your own schema (and not dbo). So in order to create it under the dbo schema, you'll need to explicitly say so, like this:

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tableName];

Does anyone know of a way (eg. server-wide setting) so that when a table is created, the [dbo] part doesn't need to be specified?

possible duplicate of SQL 2008 R2 creates user/schema when Windows user creates tables. And related http://dba.stackexchange.com/q/7254/630 — gbn, Mar 05 '12 at 10:35

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 02 '12 at 18:13

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The schema that will be used when schema is omitted will be the default schema of the database user. Therefore, to have dbo schema have the created table without specifying, you'd have to set that database user's default schema to dbo.

Server-wide setting? I don't think so. But you could write a query to convert all database users in a particular database to their default schema changed to dbo if that's what you so choose.

answered Mar 02 '12 at 18:13

Thomas Stringer

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@KAJ: SQL2008R2 – Chinesinho Mar 02 '12 at 18:21
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But you can't set the default schema to dbo for Windows groups... – Chinesinho Mar 02 '12 at 18:21
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@Chinesinho You can't set the default schema of any server principal. You're confusing server logins and database users. Database users contain default schemas. – Thomas Stringer Mar 02 '12 at 19:29
Setting the default schema for users mapped to Windows group logins isn't supported prior to SQL Server 2012. – db2 Oct 11 '13 at 14:31

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 11 '15 at 15:40

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Maybe this can help

USE [YourDBName]
GO
ALTER USER [YourUserName] WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA=[dbo]
GO

edited Nov 11 '15 at 15:40

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answered Mar 02 '12 at 18:45

LazyProgrammer

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but if user is in windows Authentication then it cannot set the default schema – Oct 11 '13 at 04:05

Table not getting created under dbo schema

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