Running CHECKDB on TempDB

Normally I would not bother, but when CHECKDB runs on TempDB it cannot use a snapshot so has to lock all the temp tables. This script will wait for exclusive access for up to a minute.

DECLARE @outcome VARCHAR(50) = 'TempDB is currently too busy for CHECHDB', 
	@endtime DATETIME = DATEADD(mi,1,GETDATE())
WHILE GETDATE() < @endtime
BEGIN
  IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM sys.dm_tran_locks WHERE request_mode = 'X' AND resource_database_id = 2)
  BEGIN
    DBCC CheckDB([tempdb]) WITH NO_INFOMSGS;
    SET @outcome = 'success'
    BREAK;
  END
  WAITFOR DELAY '00:00:01';
END
SELECT @outcome

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