how can I check when the last list item has been deleted?

How to check if Item Deleted in a list was the last item (in a EVENT Receiver)

• I want to check If deleted item is the Last Item deleted in the List in following method, public override void ItemDeleted(SPItemEventProperties properties) { } I know I can get web url using properties.WebUrl and then find list and then items count in it, but is there any better way of doing it ? If item wasn't the last one then I can go through all List Items to find the List Item that was added nearest to DateTime.Now, but then I Can go through each list item and compare there dates, Does anyone knows any efficient way ? EDIT I find LastItemModifiedDate property to get last item, so don't need to go through each list item to find the latest added to the list EDIT 2 I said I can get Last Item, but in real I am able to get last Item modified date, so only thing I know is to go through all items to find one I want :S, I bet there will be a better way

• Answer:

  To find if it's the last item I would use: properties.List.ItemCount < 1 But to get the last modified item I would consider using a query: SPQuery q = new SPQuery(); q.query="<OrderBy><FieldRef Name='Modified' Ascending='False'></FieldRef></OrderBy>"; q.RowLimit=1; SPListItemCollection results = properties.List.GetItems(q); //Last item should be the only entry in results. If no entries, then no items in list. Note: I'm not sure about the sort order on the OrderBy - but I think descending will get the latest modified item.