When was index last used

  • Is there any way to determine when (or if) an index was last used? I can find the creation date but not much else.


    Terry

  • Except for a lightweight trace, there is no way to know that in SQL Server 2000 (not sure about SQL 2005).  Oracle does have a nice feature to flag the indexes (kind of like a toggle switch) that get used - it doesn't have anything to show how many times it was used.

    But during benchmarking of a product, a lightweight trace and running all the scenarios that the user can potentially run-through in the application seems to be a nice way to get this done.

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