Could you give me an example of how query statistics would be reset outside of the three scenarios above?

Are you asking for when stats were last updated on a table? Is there a particular command you are using to clear query statistics other than DBCC FREEPROCCACHE? Are you resetting the statistics for one query, or for all of them?

You question is rather ambiguous to me, I apologize for not knowing what it is you are doing to reset query statistics. Once I know more about what you are doing, then I can go about trying to help you find a solution.

Thanks

Thomas, in the above article you showed how to get when was the last time the Server restarted, the SQL Server restarted, and Waits statistics cleared … what I’m asking about is how to get WHEN was the last time the QUERY STATISTICS cleared? not how … what I want is WHEN

If you are asking about DBCC FREEPROCCACHE, that is logged to the SQL error log: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174283.aspx

Acceptable standpoint. I saw no technical reason, that’s why I asked.

Habit. I like to break my code down into functional areas. That way if something changes it can reduce the impact of something breaking. Feel free to modify as you see fit.