Check if role exists in DB?

Question

I want to add users to the same role in more than one database. However the role may or may not be present in each database. How can I check if the role exists in each database and if it does, add users to that role?

e.g. IF role exists BEGIN Add user in role END

Answer 1

try:

IF DATABASE_PRINCIPAL_ID('role') IS NULL
BEGIN
  -- add user here
  CREATE ROLE role AUTHORIZATION MyUser;
END

Answer 2

IF EXISTS 
(
  SELECT 1
    FROM sys.database_principals
    WHERE type_desc = 'DATABASE_ROLE'
    AND name = 'name'
)
BEGIN
  -- add user;
END