A trigger can only respond to events that modify data, so it will not help
you monitor selects from the table.
You will need to either upgrade to enterprise, or purchase a third-party
tool such as the one from Idera.
simon wrote:
> On 25 jan., 10:51, simon wrote:
>> I would like to know when somebody selects/update/insert data on some
>> of my tables.
>> What is the best practice for this scenario?
>> I thought to create new audit from security tab in Managment studio
>> and define new database audit specification.
>> All audit data I would write to file(I guess it is not possible to
>> write to some table).
>>
>> I guess this is much better than writing triggers or using sql server
>> profiler trace data?
>> Is there some url with best practice for this scenario?
>>
>> I have SQL2008 enetrprise server.
>>
>> Thank you for your suggestions,
>> Simon
>
> I found out that on production I have standard version of SQL2008,
> which doesn't support auditing.
> What is the best alternative to achive the auditing, trigger or trace
> file and if trace file, how?
> I need to audit insert, update and delete statements on some of the
> tables.
>
> Thank you,
> Simon >> Stay informed about: Tracking events