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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What Does The GO Command Do?

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

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When I started working with T-SQL, I thought the GO command was optional, kind of...

2018-06-08 (first published: 2018-05-29)

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4 Ways To Define Lookup Values In A Query

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

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Occasionally you may need to create a lookup table of values for a single query. Building a permanent table of these values is a...

2018-06-05

4 Ways To Define Lookup Values In A Query

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Watch this week's video on YouTube
Occasionally you may need to create a lookup table of values for a single query. Building a permanent table of these values is a...

2018-06-05

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What Does The GO Command Do?

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Watch this week's video on YouTube
When I started working with T-SQL, I thought the GO command was optional, kind of like semicolons. It appeared in plenty of SSMS generated...

2018-05-29

4 reads

What Does The GO Command Do?

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Watch this week's video on YouTube
When I started working with T-SQL, I thought the GO command was optional, kind of like semicolons. It appeared in plenty of SSMS generated...

2018-05-29

5 reads

Converting JSON to SQL Server CREATE TABLE Statements

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Watch this week’s episode on YouTube.
Tedious, repetitive tasks are the bane of any lazy programmer. I know, because I am...

2018-05-28 (first published: 2018-05-22)

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Converting JSON to SQL Server CREATE TABLE Statements

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Watch this week's video on YouTube
Tedious, repetitive tasks are the bane of any lazy programmer. I know, because I am one.
One such repetitive task that I find comparable to...

2018-05-22

6 reads

Converting JSON to SQL Server CREATE TABLE Statements

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Watch this week's video on YouTube
Tedious, repetitive tasks are the bane of any lazy programmer. I know, because I am one.
One such repetitive task that I find comparable to...

2018-05-22

4 reads

Why Is My VARCHAR(MAX) Variable Getting Truncated?

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

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Watch this week's episode on YouTube.
Sometimes SQL Server doesn't do what you tell it to do.
Normally that's ok - SQL is a declarative language...

2018-05-15

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Why Is My VARCHAR(MAX) Variable Getting Truncated?

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Watch this week’s episode on YouTube.
Sometimes SQL Server doesn’t do what you tell it to do.
Normally that’s ok – SQL is...

2018-05-15

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Bert Wagner

What Does The GO Command Do?

4 Ways To Define Lookup Values In A Query

4 Ways To Define Lookup Values In A Query

What Does The GO Command Do?

What Does The GO Command Do?

Converting JSON to SQL Server CREATE TABLE Statements

Converting JSON to SQL Server CREATE TABLE Statements

Converting JSON to SQL Server CREATE TABLE Statements

Why Is My VARCHAR(MAX) Variable Getting Truncated?

Why Is My VARCHAR(MAX) Variable Getting Truncated?

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