Question

This article describes how to run a standard report to display recent DDL changes.

If the data is captured, it’s probably in a table somewhere. I would like to Trace this location so I can construct my own reports.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

Option #1

select * FROM sys.traces where is_default = 1 ;

This query contains path column. Copy the path of your trace file and now use the below query

SELECT * FROM fn_trace_gettable('Path Column value from sys.traces', default)

Which Table(Object) is modified and Who Modified ?

select ObjectName, LoginName 
from ::fn_trace_gettable( 'Path Column value from sys.traces', default)
where EventClass in (46,47,164) and EventSubclass = 0  
                                and DatabaseID = db_id() ;             


select ObjectName,       
ObjectID,       
DatabaseName,       
StartTime,       
EventClass,       
EventSubClass,       
ObjectType,       
ServerName,       
LoginName,       
NTUserName,       
ApplicationName  
from ::fn_trace_gettable( 'Trace File Path', default )            
where EventClass in (46,47,164) and EventSubclass = 0  and DatabaseID = db_id();

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Option #2

SQL Server – Auditing Schema Changes using DDL Triggers

This approach will tell which column was added, or what command was used to add