Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner is a Business Intelligence Developer at Progressive Insurance. He enjoys solving challenging data transformations with T-SQL and optimizing for query performance. In addition to BI development, Bert loves building ASP.NET MVC web apps and building Internet of Things projects.

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One SSMS Trick That Will Make You a Faster Query Builder

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Here's the scenario: you copy and paste some code into a query you are building. A few minutes later you need that same snippet...

2017-07-25

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How to Use SQL Temporal Tables For Easy Point-In-Time Analysis

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Have you ever needed to look at what data in a table used to look like?
If you have, it probably took a knuckle-cracking filled...

2017-07-20

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Here's a Quick Way To Generate a Running Total in SQL Server

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Historically it's been difficult to accomplish certain tasks in SQL Server.
Probably the most annoying problem I had to do regularly before SQL Server 2012...

2017-07-18

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My Most Embarrassing SQL Moment

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T-SQL Tuesday #92: Lessons Learned the Hard Way

This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday prompt. T-SQL Tuesday was created by Adam Machanic and is a way for...

2017-07-11

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How to Automatically Purge Historical Data From a Temporal Table

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Temporal Tables are awesome.
They make analyzing time-series data a cinch, and because they automatically track row-level history, rolling-back from an "oops" scenario doesn't mean...

2017-07-04

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How to Put SQL Column Names Onto Multiple Lines in SSMS

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SQL in 60 Seconds is a series where I share SQL tips and tricks that you can learn and start using in less than a minute.

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2017-06-27

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5 Business Problems You Can Solve With Temporal Tables

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It's 4:30 pm on Friday and Mr. Manager comes along to tell you that he needs you to run some important ad-hoc analysis for...

2017-06-20

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Behind the Scenes of an Online Presentation

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Bert Wagner

Last week I presented my session "DBAs vs Developers: JSON in SQL Server 2016" at the online GroupBy Conference.
As I prepared for the event, I thought about all of...

2017-06-13

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5 Things You Need to Do When Performance Testing JSON in SQL and C#

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Want to learn more about using JSON in SQL Server? Watch me present at the online GroupBy conference on June 9, 2017 at 8am.
I've...

2017-06-06

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How To Roll-Back Data in a Temporal Table

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Bert Wagner

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So you've started using temporal tables because they make your point-in-time analysis queries super easy.
Your manager is happy because you're getting historical data to...

2017-05-30

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Bert Wagner

One SSMS Trick That Will Make You a Faster Query Builder

How to Use SQL Temporal Tables For Easy Point-In-Time Analysis

Here's a Quick Way To Generate a Running Total in SQL Server

My Most Embarrassing SQL Moment

How to Automatically Purge Historical Data From a Temporal Table

How to Put SQL Column Names Onto Multiple Lines in SSMS

5 Business Problems You Can Solve With Temporal Tables

Behind the Scenes of an Online Presentation

5 Things You Need to Do When Performance Testing JSON in SQL and C#

How To Roll-Back Data in a Temporal Table

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