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    virencm is offline Novice
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    Get the created and modified date of a table in another database

    Hi Guys,



    Please help me with this one...

    I want to show a created and modified date of a table on a form in my current database.

    So I have a back end database that holds all my tables and its connected to the front end by links. Some of these tables get replaced / or modified overnight by macros.

    How do I show these dates on my front end forms for certain tables?

    Thanks for your help in advance.

    V

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    CJ_London is offline VIP
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    when you say modified - do you mean the data or the table design? A change of data will not change the table modified value

    In vba you can find the properties which are called datecreated and lastmodified with

    currentdb.tabledefs("myTable").DateCreated
    currentdb.tabledefs("myTable").LastModified

    not tested but I suspect these relate to the linked table object - if you want to check the backend table you will need to open the backend - but will depend on how your overnight macros work and indeed what the backend is, requirement will be different for an access be v a sql server be

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    virencm is offline Novice
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    Hi Ajax,

    Thanks for your response.

    the code below lists the date created and last modified in the current DB. I have a Backend that refresh tables daily and i want it to reflect dates from the backend. The front end has linked tables and the dates don't change on them.

    currentdb.tabledefs("myTable").DateCreated
    currentdb.tabledefs("myTable").LastModified

    Thanks

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    If you can't store the date in the tables in question, can you store the table name and the current date in a table just for this purpose when your macros run?
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