change-tracking-functions-transact-sql.md

title	Change Tracking Functions (Transact-SQL)
description	Change Tracking Functions (Transact-SQL)
author	rwestMSFT
ms.author	randolphwest
ms.date	08/08/2016
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	system-objects
ms.topic	reference
ms.custom	ignite-2025
helpviewer_keywords	functions [SQL Server], change tracking change tracking [SQL Server], functions
dev_langs	TSQL
monikerRange	=azuresqldb-current || >=sql-server-2016 || >=sql-server-linux-2017 || =azuresqldb-mi-current || =fabric-sqldb

Change Tracking Functions (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance FabricSQLDB]

Change tracking records insert, update, and delete activity applied to tracked tables, supplying the details of the changes in an easily consumed relational format. The following functions return information about the changes.

Function	Description
CHANGETABLE (CHANGES)	Returns tracking information for all changes to a table that have occurred since a specified version.
CHANGETABLE (VERSION)	Returns the latest change tracking information for a specified row.
CHANGE_TRACKING_MIN_VALID_VERSION()	Returns the minimum version that is valid for use in obtaining change tracking information from the specified table when you are using the CHANGETABLE function.
CHANGE_TRACKING_CURRENT_VERSION	Obtains a version that is associated with the last committed transaction. You can use this version the next time you enumerate changes by using CHANGETABLE.
CHANGE_TRACKING_IS_COLUMN_IN_MASK	Interprets the SYS_CHANGE_COLUMNS value that is returned by the CHANGETABLE(CHANGES ...) function.
WITH CHANGE_TRACKING_CONTEXT	Enables the specification of a change context, such as an originator ID, when an application changes data.

See Also

Track Data Changes (SQL Server)