List all the databases on one SQL Server in the order they were created

Question

I have probably in excess of 100 databases on this one SQL Server (2005) instance. I\'d like to list them in order of their create dates, or even better, in the order of the dat

Answer 1

You can easily write this query against the sys.databases catalog view

SELECT * FROM sys.databases
ORDER BY create_date 

but unfortunately, there's no equivalent for the "last modification date" that I'm aware of ...

This should work from any database on that server - doesn't matter which database you're in, those sys catalog views should be accessible from anywhere.