RE: fragmented indexes cause TEMPDB growth?

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August 28, 2014 at 4:35 am

sqlenforcer (8/27/2014)
If there is fragmentation in some of the indexes being used in a multi-table join query, would that cause TEMPDB to grow?

You're experiencing heavy tempdb usage during execution of a query. Rewriting the query may reduce or even eliminate tempdb usage: the execution plan (actual, not estimated) for the query is the first place to look for potential improvements. If you can post an actual execution plan here - as a .sqlplan file attachment - folks will provide you with suggestions for improvement.

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