System tables in master

The following system tables occur only in the master database:

System table	Contents
syscharsets	One row for each character set or sort order
sysconfigures	One row for each configuration parameter that can be set by users
syscurconfigs	Information about configuration parameters currently being used by Adaptive Server
sysdatabases	One row for each database on Adaptive Server
sysdevices	One row for each tape dump device, disk dump device, disk for databases, and disk partition for databases
sysengines	One row for each Adaptive Server engine currently online
syslanguages	One row for each language (except U.S. English) known to the server
syslisteners	One row for each type of network connection used by current Adaptive Server
syslocks	Information about active locks
sysloginroles	One row for each server login that possesses a system role
syslogins	One row for each valid Adaptive Server user account
syslogshold	Information about the oldest active transaction and the Replication Server® truncation point for each database
sysmessages	One row for each system error or warning
sysmonitors	One row for each monitor counter
sysprocesses	Information about server processes
sysremotelogins	One row for each remote user
sysresourcelimits	One row for each resource limit
syssecmechs	Information about the security services available for each security mechanism that is available to Adaptive Server
sysservers	One row for each remote Adaptive Server
syssessions	Only used when Adaptive Server is configured for Sybase’s Failover in a high availability system. syssessions contains one row for each client that connects to Adaptive Server with the failover property (for example, isql -Q)
syssrvroles	One row for each server-wide role
systimeranges	One row for each named time range
systransactions	One row for each transaction
sysusages	One row for each disk piece allocated to a database