Removing tempdb files

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Removing tempdb files

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March 14, 2019 at 8:12 pm

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003851 More actions · Answer 1

It'll be interesting to see how people answer this one because the correct answer won't actually work on a busy system because the file will not be empty.

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Stewart "Arturius" Campbell SSC Guru Points: 72485 More actions · Answer 2

Jeff Moden - Thursday, March 14, 2019 11:56 PM
It'll be interesting to see how people answer this one because the correct answer won't actually work on a busy system because the file will not be empty.

my thoughts exactly.
thanks for the question, Steve

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frederico_fonseca SSCoach Points: 16006 More actions · Answer 3

Steve does mention the constraint on the answer "Note, if the file is not empty, you cannot remove it.)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003851 More actions · Answer 4

frederico_fonseca - Friday, March 15, 2019 5:00 AM
Steve does mention the constraint on the answer "Note, if the file is not empty, you cannot remove it.)

Yep... but the correct answer will not work by itself if there's any activity at all in TempDB (system generated or not and there's a fair number of system generated tables that seem to "stick" even after a system goes to a quiet but normal state) and that contingency makes the correct answer listed only a partially correct answer. Since the question was specifically about TempDB, the contingency should have been a part of the correct answer, IMHO.

Heh... it didn't happen here but instructions on some exams to "pick the best answer" give me the hackles when the "best" answer isn't actually the best answer.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 734418 More actions · Answer 5

It's the best answer. Clearing the system of a workload is a separate task and a separate question.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003851 More actions · Answer 6

Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Friday, March 15, 2019 9:36 AM
It's the best answer. Clearing the system of a workload is a separate task and a separate question.

Heh... no it's not. The "Best Answer" would be the one that includes the "clearing of the guns" because the code won't actually work on most production systems because of the current workload. This is especially true since the title of the question is ...