Login.ChangePassword Method (String, String)

Changes the password for the login account.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub ChangePassword ( _
    oldPassword As String, _
    newPassword As String _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As Login 
Dim oldPassword As String 
Dim newPassword As String

instance.ChangePassword(oldPassword, _
    newPassword)

public void ChangePassword(
    string oldPassword,
    string newPassword
)

public:
void ChangePassword(
    String^ oldPassword, 
    String^ newPassword
)

member ChangePassword : 
        oldPassword:string * 
        newPassword:string -> unit

public function ChangePassword(
    oldPassword : String, 
    newPassword : String
)

Parameters

• oldPassword
  Type: System.String
  A String value that specifies the old, existing password.

• newPassword
  Type: System.String
  A String value that specifies the new password.

Examples

Managing Users, Roles, and Logins

See Also

Reference

Login Class

ChangePassword Overload

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Principals (Database Engine)

CREATE LOGIN (Transact-SQL)