Are you sure that UID was negative? UID 1 is dbo.

>I used DBCC OPENTRAN('TEMP') to check active transaction in tempdb.
>I got following.
>
>Transaction information for database 'tempdb'.
>
>Oldest active transaction:
> SPID (server process ID) : 63
> UID (user ID) : -1
> Name : sort_init
> LSN : (78:432669:226)
> Start time : May 10 2005 11:39:05:850AM
>DBCC execution completed. If DBCC printed error messages, contact your system administrator.
>
>I remember uid is -2 means deadlock (I amd not sure). I really want find to doc to describe this.
>
>Thanks
>
>
>Jim