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  • Do you know in advance how many tables you will be tracking? Commented Jan 8, 2013 at 16:12
  • This table will only track one other table, so far we are only tracking this one table. Commented Jan 8, 2013 at 16:17
  • So this approach might be overkill. Even worse it won't be easy then to query this table with the one being monitored together to recreate the live data at a point in time, should recreating a snapshot be of any value. Commented Jan 8, 2013 at 16:22
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    On the flip side the query to see which columns change most often will be easier using the approach you've proposed. Commented Jan 8, 2013 at 16:24
  • You might want to search on dba.stackexchange.com ; similar questions have been asked there and some might have answers you can use. Commented Jan 8, 2013 at 18:19