change-tracking-current-version-transact-sql.md

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CHANGE_TRACKING_CURRENT_VERSION (Transact-SQL)

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Returns a version that is associated with the last committed transaction. This version can be used when you enumerate changes by using CHANGETABLE.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

  
CHANGE_TRACKING_CURRENT_VERSION ( )  

Return Type

bigint

Remarks

Returns NULL when change tracking is not enabled for the database.

Examples

The following example declares the local variable @next_baseline for storing the current version of tracked changes, and then uses the CHANGE_TRACKING_CURRENT_VERSION() function to obtain the value for the variable.

DECLARE @next_baseline bigint;  
SET @next_baseline = CHANGE_TRACKING_CURRENT_VERSION();  

See Also

Change Tracking Functions (Transact-SQL)
CHANGETABLE (Transact-SQL)
CHANGE_TRACKING_MIN_VALID_VERSION (Transact-SQL)
Track Data Changes (SQL Server)