dbts-transact-sql.md

description	@@DBTS (Transact-SQL)
title	DBTS (Transact-SQL)
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ms.date	09/18/2017
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@@DBTS (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server SQL Database]

This function returns the value of the current timestamp data type for the current database. The current database will have a guaranteed unique timestamp value.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

@@DBTS  

[!INCLUDEsql-server-tsql-previous-offline-documentation]

Return types

varbinary

Remarks

@@DBTS returns the last-used timestamp value of the current database. An insert or update of a row with a timestamp column generates a new timestamp value.

Changes to the transaction isolation levels do not affect the @@DBTS function.

Examples

This example returns the current timestamp from the [!INCLUDEssSampleDBnormal] database.

USE AdventureWorks2012;  
GO  
SELECT @@DBTS;  

See also

Configuration Functions (Transact-SQL)
Cursor Concurrency (ODBC)
Data Types (Transact-SQL)
MIN_ACTIVE_ROWVERSION (Transact-SQL)