Last Table READ and WRITE

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Last Table READ and WRITE

arrjay

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February 26, 2015 at 5:07 am

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Hi there - How would I find the last read/write dates for all the tables within a database. Thanks!
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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398911 More actions · Answer 1

It's not a perfect solution because if you have heaps it won't work, but you can look to the sys.dm_index_usage_stats for everything else.

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spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 2

Grant Fritchey (2/26/2015)
It's not a perfect solution because if you have heaps it won't work, but you can look to the sys.dm_index_usage_stats for everything else.

Something like this:

SELECT DB_NAME(database_id) AS database_name,

OBJECT_NAME(object_id, database_id) AS object_name,

MAX(reads.last_read) AS last_read,

MAX(last_user_update) AS last_write

FROM sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats

CROSS APPLY (

VALUES(last_user_seek),(last_user_scan),(last_user_lookup)

) AS reads(last_read)

GROUP BY DB_NAME(database_id),

OBJECT_NAME(object_id, database_id)

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arrjay Hall of Fame Points: 3455 More actions · Answer 3

Perfect! Thanks.

The results don't include objects which have not been written/read to/from i.e. nulls. Is there a way of returning these stats? Thanks again.

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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323518 More actions · Answer 4

arrjay (2/26/2015)
Perfect! Thanks.
The results don't include objects which have not been written/read to/from i.e. nulls. Is there a way of returning these stats? Thanks again.

pretty sure you have to join against sys.tables first,and left join to the index stats in order to get all tables. index stats is server wide, so if you need it for anything other than one specific database, it's not going to work, or require a boatload of additional logic.

Lowell

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spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 5

Lowell (2/26/2015)
arrjay (2/26/2015)
Perfect! Thanks.
The results don't include objects which have not been written/read to/from i.e. nulls. Is there a way of returning these stats? Thanks again.
pretty sure you have to join against sys.tables first,and left join to the index stats in order to get all tables. index stats is server wide, so if you need it for anything other than one specific database, it's not going to work, or require a boatload of additional logic.

Completely agree.

-- Gianluca Sartori

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398911 More actions · Answer 6

spaghettidba (2/26/2015)
Lowell (2/26/2015)
arrjay (2/26/2015)
Perfect! Thanks.
The results don't include objects which have not been written/read to/from i.e. nulls. Is there a way of returning these stats? Thanks again.
pretty sure you have to join against sys.tables first,and left join to the index stats in order to get all tables. index stats is server wide, so if you need it for anything other than one specific database, it's not going to work, or require a boatload of additional logic.
Completely agree.

+1

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