SQL Server 2000 - Table Transaction Date

(I may be in the wrong forum.)
How do I obtain/find the properties of a table using SQL Query Analyer (SQL Server 2000)? Specifically, I would like to run a query to find the most recent date of any transaction on a table. I have a script that I use for SQL Server 2005 but it doesn't work in 2000. I don't know 2000 but I'm guessing that the syntax is different?

Here's the 2005 SQL Server script (stolen from 2005 Books Online BTW):

CREATE TABLE ddl_log (PostTime datetime, DB_User nvarchar(100), Event nvarchar(100), TSQL nvarchar(2000));

GO

CREATE TRIGGER ddl_log

ON DATABASE

FOR DDL_DATABASE_LEVEL_EVENTS

AS

DECLARE @data XML

SET @data = EVENTDATA()

INSERT ddl_log

(PostTime, DB_User, Event, TSQL)

VALUES

(GETDATE(),

CONVERT(nvarchar(100), CURRENT_USER),

@data.value('(/EVENT_INSTANCE/EventType)[1]', 'nvarchar(100)'),

@data.value('(/EVENT_INSTANCE/TSQLCommand)[1]', 'nvarchar(2000)') ) ;

GO


Here's the error:

Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Procedure ddl_log, Line 2

Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'DATABASE'.


Remember, I want to do the same thing in SQL Server 2000.

Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.