--- title: "Change Data Capture Functions (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs" ms.custom: "" ms.date: "03/14/2017" ms.prod: "sql-non-specified" ms.reviewer: "" ms.suite: "" ms.technology: - "database-engine" ms.tgt_pltfrm: "" ms.topic: "language-reference" dev_langs: - "TSQL" helpviewer_keywords: - "change data capture [SQL Server], functions" ms.assetid: e5270557-aca3-44ab-8715-daccd498b88d caps.latest.revision: 8 author: "BYHAM" ms.author: "rickbyh" manager: "jhubbard" --- # Change Data Capture Functions (Transact-SQL) [!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx_md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md.md)] Change data capture records insert, update, and delete activity applied to [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] tables, supplying the details of the changes in an easily consumed relational format. Column information that mirrors the column structure of a tracked source table is captured for the modified rows, along with the metadata needed to apply the changes to a target environment. The following functions are used to return information about the changes. ||| |-|-| |[cdc.fn_cdc_get_all_changes_<capture_instance> (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-functions/cdc-fn-cdc-get-all-changes-capture-instance-transact-sql.md)|[sys.fn_cdc_has_column_changed (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-functions/sys-fn-cdc-has-column-changed-transact-sql.md)| |[cdc.fn_cdc_get_net_changes_<capture_instance> (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-functions/cdc-fn-cdc-get-net-changes-capture-instance-transact-sql.md)|[sys.fn_cdc_increment_lsn (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-functions/sys-fn-cdc-increment-lsn-transact-sql.md)| |[sys.fn_cdc_decrement_lsn (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-functions/sys-fn-cdc-decrement-lsn-transact-sql.md)|[sys.fn_cdc_is_bit_set (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-functions/sys-fn-cdc-is-bit-set-transact-sql.md)| |[sys.fn_cdc_get_column_ordinal (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-functions/sys-fn-cdc-get-column-ordinal-transact-sql.md)|[sys.fn_cdc_map_lsn_to_time (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-functions/sys-fn-cdc-map-lsn-to-time-transact-sql.md)| |[sys.fn_cdc_get_max_lsn (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-functions/sys-fn-cdc-get-max-lsn-transact-sql.md)|[sys.fn_cdc_map_time_to_lsn (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-functions/sys-fn-cdc-map-time-to-lsn-transact-sql.md)| |[sys.fn_cdc_get_min_lsn (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-functions/sys-fn-cdc-get-min-lsn-transact-sql.md)|| ## See Also [Change Data Capture Tables (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-tables/change-data-capture-tables-transact-sql.md) [Change Data Capture Stored Procedures (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/change-data-capture-stored-procedures-transact-sql.md) [About Change Data Capture (SQL Server)](../../relational-databases/track-changes/about-change-data-capture-sql-server.md)