How to start SQL Server with desired size of tempdb?

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  November 17, 2006 at 11:06 am

  #115270

  Normally, when SQL Server start, tempdb will be re-created with default size. How to change the default size?

  Many thanks in advance.

• Lowell

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  November 17, 2006 at 11:42 am

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  Pretty sure you just set it's size in Enterprise manager:

  right click on tempdb in EM and choose properties....

  Click the Data File tab; my db was defaulted to 8meg; changed it to 80 meg.

  stopped and started the server (because tempdb is rebuilt on every start/stop)

  checked it's size: still 80 meg i defined.

  Lowell

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  November 19, 2006 at 9:41 pm

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  Thank you so much for your input. I thought tempdb would be created always with the default size, 8 MB.