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Shrinking the tempdb on a SQL Server
posted on May 21st 2015, at 16:30
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lunarg
After running complex queries that use the tempdb of a SQL Server instance, it may become necessary to shrink the database again. However, when running the shrink operation on the tempdb, it can result in the database not shrinking at all, even when the used space is minimal.
The reason for this is most likely that the clearance of the tempdb is still in cache and not flushed to disk. You need to flush the changes to disk first, after which you will be able to shrink the tempdb. Do note that flushing will most likely impact database performance, so use with caution. Also, the tempdb will not shrink beyond the initial size, configured in the file group.
DBCC FREESYSTEMCACHE('ALL')USE [tempd
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