One reoccurring SQL Server question that I see: Why is my TempDB database so large and what can I go to reduce the size of TempDB? The answer requires some basic understanding of the internals of ...

TempDB is the system database and it is per instance. It is a common and shared by all other databases. All the temporary activities are done here and yes, definitely the TempDB will become full and ...

If your application uses the tempdb database a lot, and causes it to grow larger than its default size, you may want to permanently increase the default size of the tempdb file to a size closer to ...

I have a SQL 2000 SP4 server and MOM 2005 is reporting that the tempdb database log file is getting to large. Sure enough, it the templog.ldf file is a little over 9GB in size.I honestly don't ...

Within SQL Server, temporary tables are stored in the Temporary Tables folder of the tempdb database. How are transactions used? Transactions allow you to group SQL commands into a single unit.

A fundamental skill for DBAs is to have a firm understanding of the SQL Server database engine's system databases. Tim Chapman discusses these system databases.