Get a list of changed records in a table

Is there a way to get a list of records that have changed since a specific
Date/Time?
I could create a trigger and a new table and work off that data but I have a
lot of tables I want to query so I don't necessarily want to create triggers
for each one.You cannot get this unless you have a datetime column on the table that you
update when data changes. or a triggering mechanism to store changed data.
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Kevin G. Boles
Indicium Resources, Inc.
SQL Server MVP
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"Bishop" <nospam@.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to get a list of records that have changed since a specific
> Date/Time?
> I could create a trigger and a new table and work off that data but I have
> a lot of tables I want to query so I don't necessarily want to create
> triggers for each one.
>|||> Is there a way to get a list of records that have changed since a specific
> Date/Time?
No, SQL Server does not keep this information for you automagically.
> I could create a trigger and a new table and work off that data but I have
> a lot of tables I want to query so I don't necessarily want to create
> triggers for each one.
If you allow ad hoc access to your tables, then this is how it's done, I'm
afraid. If you deny INSERT/UPDATE rights to the table and force those
actions through stored procedures, then you could perform the logging within
a stored procedure, which at least avoids some of the problems with doing
this in a trigger. But for DELETE you would have to log to a separate table
or use a trigger.
While it doesn't help you today, SQL Server 2008 will have several options
to make this easier... from change tracking and change data capture to the
extreme of audit all actions.
A|||You could use the new OUTPUT clause to automatically pump the pre-existing
data into another table and then query that 2nd table
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Sincerely,
John K
Knowledgy Consulting
http://knowledgy.org/
Atlanta's Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Experts
"Bishop" <nospam@.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:e9zRyVwqIHA.3900@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Is there a way to get a list of records that have changed since a specific
> Date/Time?
> I could create a trigger and a new table and work off that data but I have
> a lot of tables I want to query so I don't necessarily want to create
> triggers for each one.
>