Sql-server – How to check when statistics was last executed

sql serversql-server-2008t-sql

We've been having a number of issues with our indexes lately which our DBA team has attributed to statistics not having been run recently. This has made me wonder – how can I check if statistics have been recently updated via SQL Management Studio?

I apologize if this question isn't explaining this very well – I've only been introduced to statistics until now and prior to this would look to indexes whenever I've had performance related issues.

Edit:

I'm using the following but receiving a syntax error:

use *databasename*
exec sp_autostats *schema.tablename*

The error I'm receiving is:

Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
Incorrect syntax near '.'.

Why is this?

Best Answer

For your edit - You need to enclose table name into single quotes:

EXEC sp_autostats 'tablename'

and for the original question

First - find the statistics you want to check:

choose statistics

Second - see its properties, and there you will see the last updated timestamp:

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Or you may want to execute the following query:

SELECT t.name TableName, s.[name] StatName, STATS_DATE(t.object_id,s.[stats_id]) LastUpdated 
FROM sys.[stats] AS s
JOIN sys.[tables] AS t
    ON [s].[object_id] = [t].[object_id]
WHERE t.type = 'u'
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