Cannot revoke user roles from ArcCatalog (10.2.1/SQL Server 2012)

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05-20-2014 06:31 AM
CalinArens
New Contributor II
I am unable to revoke user roles using ArcGIS 10.2.1 and SQL Server 2012.

I am running:

>>> arcpy.CreateRole_management("Database Connections\Connection to xyz.sde","db_datareader","REVOKE","DOMAIN\user")
Runtime error  Traceback (most recent call last):   File "<string>", line 1, in <module>   File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.2\arcpy\arcpy\management.py", line 4620, in CreateRole     raise e ExecuteError: Error revoking role privileges from user. [Underlying DBMS error [[Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 11.0][SQL Server]The metadata could not be determined because statement 'exec (@stmtR)' in procedure 'sp_droprolemember'  contains dynamic SQL.  Consider using the WITH RESULT SETS clause to explicitly describe the result set.]] Failed to execute (CreateRole).

It seems to me that an SQL command is called incorrectly.
If this is a bug, is there a workaround through ArcGIS (of course I can do it through SQL Server Mgmt Studio)?
Or if not, what am I doing wrong?
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EmadAl-Mousa
Occasional Contributor III
try revoking the role granted to the feature classes (layers) then try revoking the role from the user.

Regards,
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