Question : SQL 2005 Syntax Error 'CREATE USER'

I'm trying to do something ultra-simple, yet SSMS keeps telling me there's a syntax error in this statement:

    CREATE USER oboTest2

I pulled it straight from an example in a Microsoft Tech Ed document. I had previously created a server login of the same name as the user, and was trying to create the database user of the same name. This first piece of code executed fine:

USE master
GO
EXEC sp_addlogin  oboTest1, pa$$word, myDatabase
EXEC sp_addlogin oboTest2, pa$$word, myDatabase
GO

but when I try to execute this:

USE myDatabase
GO
CREATE USER oboTest1
GO

SSMS insists:

Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'USER'.

According to what I've read, this should be a perfectly legit syntax for 'CREATE USER' . Any ideas?

Answer : SQL 2005 Syntax Error 'CREATE USER'

Use. Sp_adduser instead of the above for SQL 2000

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