Grant additional rights for dbcc commands

Author: bpkroth

.github/workflows/maven.yml

@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker://mcr.microsoft.com/mssql-tools:latest
         with:
           entrypoint: /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd
-          args: -U sa -P SApassword1 -S sqlserver -b -Q "USE benchbase; CREATE USER benchuser01 FROM LOGIN benchuser01; EXEC sp_addrolemember 'db_owner', 'benchuser01';"
+          args: -U sa -P SApassword1 -S sqlserver -b -Q "USE benchbase; CREATE USER benchuser01 FROM LOGIN benchuser01; EXEC sp_addrolemember 'db_owner', 'benchuser01'; GRANT ALTER SERVER STATE to 'benchuser01';"
 
       - name: Run benchmark
         # Note: user/pass should match those used in sample configs.

config/sqlserver/session_setup_sqlserver_cmds_example.sql

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 -- SQL Server Database Console Command statements (DBCC)
+-- NOTE: Requires "ALTER SERVER STATE" permission
 DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS -- clear buffers (for cold runs)
 DBCC FREEPROCCACHE -- clean plan cache

docker/sqlserver-latest/up.sh

@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ run_sqlcmd_in_docker -Q "CREATE DATABASE benchbase;"
 run_sqlcmd_in_docker -Q "CREATE LOGIN benchuser01 WITH PASSWORD='P@ssw0rd';" || true
 
 # Setup access
-run_sqlcmd_in_docker -Q "USE benchbase; CREATE USER benchuser01 FROM LOGIN benchuser01; EXEC sp_addrolemember 'db_owner', 'benchuser01';" || true
+run_sqlcmd_in_docker -Q "USE benchbase; CREATE USER benchuser01 FROM LOGIN benchuser01; EXEC sp_addrolemember 'db_owner', 'benchuser01'; GRANT ALTER SERVER STATE TO 'benchuser01';" || true