I'm not sure I understand -

In my VFP screen I'd like to inform the user that the data from the SQL server table that (s)he's looking at was last updated at 2002.10.10 22:00

There is no row in the table that could provide this info, and I have no influence on the DB design, so I'm not likely to get one.

>Either create a trigger to update a column on the row or have your stored procedure do it.
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>-Mike
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>>There's bound to be a way to determine the date / time of the latest update to a table, and I did search, but so far with no luck.
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>>So, help is truly appreciated.
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>>TIA
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>>Peter