• Jeff Moden (1/24/2009)


    ... if they fit, that's as far as they go. If they don't, then they spill into the physical disk.

    "If" is the unknown over here, so anyone needs to know temptb work different than regular tables.

    And actually, it's the KB ref the OP needed.

    Thanks for the ref.

    Although it didn't pull up the kb.

    this url worked for me http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305977/en-us

    There is also a WP regarding tempdb. It is called "Working with tempdb in SQL Server 2005" and it contains "WorkingWithTempDB.doc".

    general performance guidelines can be found overhere http://support.microsoft.com/kb/110352/

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