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SSMA timestamp. What's it for, how is it used?

I rencently used the SQL Server Migration Assistant to import a database into SQL Server 2005. I noticed that a number of tables that were imported have been ammended with a new column called SSMA_timestamp.

Can anyone tell me what this is for and how it would be used?

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I think this is generated so that the Migration assistant can detect changes to the data during the migration. I don't think it is used after migration is complete, so it should be safe to drop these new columns once you are sure everything is done.

Aaron Bertrand  2009-11-18 15:22:25
Thanks for the information!
Chris  2009-11-18 16:40:09

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