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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Brute Forcing SQL Logins and Passwords

by Bert Wagner

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Following up on last week's post about the different types of SQL injection, this week I want to show how injection can be used...

2018-11-27

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4 SQL Injection Techniques For Stealing Data

by Bert Wagner

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I'm not advocating that you start using SQL injection to start stealing other people's data.
However, I do think that you should familiarize...

2018-11-20

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4 SQL Injection Techniques For Stealing Data

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Watch this week's video on YouTube
I'm not advocating that you start using SQL injection to start stealing other people's data.
However, I do think that you should familiarize...

2018-11-20

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Learning New Skills

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

This post is a response to this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #108 prompt by Malathi Mahadevan. T-SQL Tuesday is a way...

2018-11-15 (first published: 2018-11-06)

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Bert & Pinal Troubleshoot a Slow Performing SQL Server

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

What happens when you run into performance tuning expert Pinal Dave? Talk about how to troubleshoot a slow performing SQL...

2018-11-13

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Bert & Pinal Troubleshoot a Slow Performing SQL Server

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

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What happens when you run into performance tuning expert Pinal Dave? Talk about how to troubleshoot a slow performing SQL Server of course!
This week...

2018-11-13

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Bert & Pinal Troubleshoot a Slow Performing SQL Server

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Watch this week's video on YouTube
What happens when you run into performance tuning expert Pinal Dave? Talk about how to troubleshoot a slow performing SQL Server of course!
This week...

2018-11-13

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The 5 Scariest Moments for a SQL Server Developer

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

While families and friends are scaring each other this Halloween week with stories of ghosts and ghouls, I thought it’d...

2018-11-08 (first published: 2018-10-30)

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Learning New Skills

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday #108 prompt by Malathi Mahadevan. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL Server community to share ideas about...

2018-11-06

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Learning New Skills

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday #108 prompt by Malathi Mahadevan. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL Server community to share ideas about...

2018-11-06

7 reads

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Bert Wagner

Brute Forcing SQL Logins and Passwords

4 SQL Injection Techniques For Stealing Data

4 SQL Injection Techniques For Stealing Data

Learning New Skills

Bert & Pinal Troubleshoot a Slow Performing SQL Server

Bert & Pinal Troubleshoot a Slow Performing SQL Server

Bert & Pinal Troubleshoot a Slow Performing SQL Server

The 5 Scariest Moments for a SQL Server Developer

Learning New Skills

Learning New Skills

Blogs

Measuring RAG Solutions: Are We Retrieving the Right Information?

Advice I Like: Lots of Ideas

Building a DBA Agent for Your SQL Server Estate with MCP

Forums

How do I connect to a SQL Server database on my ISP?

Looking for New Blood

Server-Level Row Counts for Tables and Views

Question of the Day

Hyperscale Replicas I