If tables are monitored (which is available in 8i) you can also query DBA_TAB_MODIFICATIONS: set linesize 150 select table_owner, table_name, partition_name, subpartition_name, to_char(timestamp, 'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') last_mod from dba_tab_modifications order by 3; You can give this a try. David Fitzjarrell ________________________________ From: Tim Gorman <tim@xxxxxxxxx> To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 9:27 PM Subject: Re: How to find out when an Oracle table was updated the last time in Oracle 8i? Ashoke, DBMS_LOGMNR was available in Oracle8i; you can mine the redo logs for that information. Hope this helps... -Tim On 4/23/2013 3:54 PM, Mandal, Ashoke wrote: > Hello All, > > Could you please tell me how to find out when an Oracle table was updated the > last time in Oracle 8i. In Oracle 10g you could use the following query > SQL> SELECT SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP(MAX(ora_rowscn)) from <table_name>; but this > doesn't work in Oracle 8i. > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Ashoke -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l