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 Is there a way to query for last change date/time?

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sbt1
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89 Posts

Posted - 2003-12-11 : 06:55:38
I have an app used by 20-30 users at the same time. Each instance updates a schedule board every 5 minutes. To do so, it has to run a query and populate it's display.

I'd like to optimize this by suppressing this "refresh" activity if no changes have been made to the database.

Is there a way to determine the date & time of the last record change by querying a system table, or do I have to have my application write this info to a table in the database and check it that way? It'd be easier if a system table or function did this.

nr
SQLTeam MVY

12543 Posts

Posted - 2003-12-11 : 06:57:34
You have to implement it yourself.

You could put a timestamp column on the table and check the max of that.
Could also use a trigger to update a date field in a single row table.

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