Often times when troubleshooting performance issues with SQL Server, you will identify a file id and a page id that is the source of your troubles.  The question is: How do I translate this File Id / Page Id combination into an actual object within SQL Server?  Well, with the following script of course:

How to match a File Id / Page Id to a SQL Server object

In short, you must set the database context (I’m using tempdb in this example)

1. Set the database context (I am using tempdb in this example).
2. Specify the file id and the page id.
3. Create a temporary table to hold the contents of the specified page.
4. Execute DBCC PAGE to get the contents of the page.
5. Extract the ObjectId from the page contents and join to sys.objects.

That’s it!  So next time you track your performance issue down to a specific file id and page id you won’t be scratching your head wondering what it all means.