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Find when a stored procedure or function was last altered


Parthasarathy Mandayam
09.04.2002
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Find when a SQL Server stored procedure or function was last altered with this script.

SELECT specific_catalog, specific_schema, routine_type,
      routine_name, created,last_altered
   FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES
   ORDER BY 1 asc, 2 asc, 3 asc, 4 asc 

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Andrew B writes: This tip is incorrect. There is no way to see when a stored procedure was altered. If you look at the source code to the view you will notice it returns the same data for CREATED and LAST_ALTERED -- see the following:

 CREATED = o.crdate,
 LAST_ALTERED = o.crdate

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