Быстрый способ - проверить create_time
или update_time
при выполнении этой команды:
show table status;
как в следующем примере:
+--------------------+--------+---------+------------+------+----------------+-------------+------------------+--------------+-----------+----------------+---------------------+---------------------+------------+-------------------+----------+----------------+---------+
| Name | Engine | Version | Row_format | Rows | Avg_row_length | Data_length | Max_data_length | Index_length | Data_free | Auto_increment | Create_time | Update_time | Check_time | Collation | Checksum | Create_options | Comment |
+--------------------+--------+---------+------------+------+----------------+-------------+------------------+--------------+-----------+----------------+---------------------+---------------------+------------+-------------------+----------+----------------+---------+
| a_table | MyISAM | 10 | Dynamic | 2 | 60 | 120 | 281474976710655 | 1024 | 0 | NULL | 2011-09-08 18:26:38 | 2011-11-07 20:38:28 | NULL | latin1_swedish_ci | NULL | | |