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Hi,
Can you determine when a database was last modified by looking at its mdf files last modified date (i.e. on the filesystem)?
If not which is the best way to determine this?
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•On 2008: using the new Server Auditing feature •On 2005: using Dynamic Management Views (DMV)
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what dmv's are you referring to?
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thanks mate - I know what a dmv is...
Do you know which particular dmv will help me?
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Woul this help ?
USE AdventureWorks; GO
SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF; SET NOCOUNT ON; GO
WITH agg AS ( SELECT [object_id], last_user_seek, last_user_scan, last_user_lookup, last_user_update FROM sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats WHERE database_id = DB_ID() ) SELECT [Schema] = OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME([object_id]), [Table_Or_View] = OBJECT_NAME([object_id]), last_read = MAX(last_read), last_write = MAX(last_write) FROM ( SELECT [object_id], last_user_seek, NULL FROM agg UNION ALL SELECT [object_id], last_user_scan, NULL FROM agg UNION ALL SELECT [object_id], last_user_lookup, NULL FROM agg UNION ALL SELECT [object_id], NULL, last_user_update FROM agg ) AS x ([object_id], last_read, last_write) GROUP BY OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME([object_id]), OBJECT_NAME([object_id]) ORDER BY 1,2;
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beautiful - thanks heaps!
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| Inbuilt "Schema Changes History" report can also help
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