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 the 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	Used only when Adaptive Server is configured for Sybase Failover in a high availability system. syssessions contains one row for each client that connects to Adaptive Server with the failover property.
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.