Table Last Access Date

• tlim-994124

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  January 21, 2009 at 1:25 am

  #200314

  Hi everyone,

  Can anyone tell me how do i find out the last access date of the tables in my database?

  E.g Script, SQL query, via Enterprise manager?

  This is to find out the obsolete tables, so that we can do a proper migration work.

  Thank you,

  Tommy

• Jack Corbett

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  January 21, 2009 at 7:55 am

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  I don't know of anyway to query this data. You would need to setup a server-side trace and let it run to see what tables have been accessed in a database.

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• Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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  January 21, 2009 at 7:59 am

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  In 2005 there's a default trace (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQL+Server+2005/64547/), but in 2000 you would have to have a server side trace running.

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  January 21, 2009 at 7:18 pm

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  Thank you everyone.

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  January 21, 2009 at 7:59 pm

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  Hi again,

  Just to check will the trace be resource hungry?

  And also is it possible to check the last access date of objects (e.g stored procedures)?

  Thanks,

  Tommy

• Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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  January 22, 2009 at 2:25 am

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  It will consume a bit, but you can filter down the events and columns pretty low, store the data on a file on a separate drive, etc. Use a server side trace and it will grab the SQL as well.

  I might set it to just grab date/time and object ID, not much overhead with just those.

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  January 22, 2009 at 6:20 am

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  As Steve said, if you limit the events and columns traced and filter on the appropriate database(s) it should be very lightweight.

  You do want to make sure that you are saving to a different drive than your data and log drives if possible and make sure it is a local drive.

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  January 27, 2009 at 7:46 pm

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  Thanks, i will give it a shot.

  Tommy