Last Read / Last Write

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Sometimes you need to know the last time a table or database was read from or written to, this code will help determine that for you.

Originally Found At: http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/05/09/sql-server-find-last-date-time-updated-for-any-table/

USE <Database_name>
SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF;
SET NOCOUNT ON;
GO

WITH agg AS
(
    SELECT
        last_user_seek,
        last_user_scan,
        last_user_lookup,
        last_user_update
    FROM
        sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats
    WHERE
        database_id = DB_ID()
)
SELECT
    last_read = MAX(last_read),
    last_write = MAX(last_write)
FROM
(
    SELECT last_user_seek, NULL FROM agg
    UNION ALL
    SELECT last_user_scan, NULL FROM agg
    UNION ALL
    SELECT last_user_lookup, NULL FROM agg
    UNION ALL
    SELECT NULL, last_user_update FROM agg
) AS x (last_read, last_write);
USE <Database_name>
SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF;
SET NOCOUNT ON;
GO

WITH agg AS
(
    SELECT
        [object_id],
        last_user_seek,
        last_user_scan,
        last_user_lookup,
        last_user_update
    FROM
        sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats
    WHERE
        database_id = DB_ID()
)
SELECT
    [Schema] = OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME([object_id]),
    [Table_Or_View] = OBJECT_NAME([object_id]),
    last_read = MAX(last_read),
    last_write = MAX(last_write)
FROM
(
    SELECT [object_id], last_user_seek, NULL FROM agg
    UNION ALL
    SELECT [object_id], last_user_scan, NULL FROM agg
    UNION ALL
    SELECT [object_id], last_user_lookup, NULL FROM agg
    UNION ALL
    SELECT [object_id], NULL, last_user_update FROM agg
) AS x ([object_id], last_read, last_write)
GROUP BY
    OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME([object_id]),
    OBJECT_NAME([object_id])
ORDER BY 1,2;
Originally Posted on April 29, 2013
Last Updated on October 26, 2015
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