How can you tell if a table changes in SQL?

How do I see table changes in SQL?

Right click on the table you want to track changes. Click Properties, click Change Tracking, then in the right pane set Change Tracking to TRUE.

How can check table changes in SQL Server?

Query the sys. objects table to find the objects that changed and filter by modify_date and type ; U = User table, P = Stored procedure. This approach will tell you what objects have changed, but not the specific changes.

How can I tell if a SQL record is updated?

To get the last updated record in SQL Server: We can write trigger (which automatically fires) i.e. whenever there is a change (update) that occurs on a row, the “lastupdatedby” column value should get updated by the current timestamp.

How do you track changes in a database table?

At the basic database level you can track changes by having a separate table that gets an entry added to it via triggers on INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE statements. Thats the general way of tracking changes to a database table. The other thing you want is to know which user made the change.