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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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. ...

2018-06-13 (first published: 2018-06-05)

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Prioritizing Index Performance Pains - What I Learned From Brent Ozar's Master Index Tuning Class

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

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I love continuing my education in SQL Server.
Recently I was fortunate enough to take Brent Ozar's 3-day live online Master Index Tuning training class.
Since...

2018-06-12

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Prioritizing Index Performance Pains - What I Learned From Brent Ozar's Master Index Tuning Class

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Watch this week's video on YouTube
I love continuing my education in SQL Server.
Recently I was fortunate enough to take Brent Ozar's 3-day live online Master Index Tuning training class.
Since...

2018-06-12

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What Does The GO Command Do?

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Watch this week’s episode on YouTube.
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

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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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

33 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

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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

11 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

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Bert Wagner

4 Ways To Define Lookup Values In A Query

Prioritizing Index Performance Pains - What I Learned From Brent Ozar's Master Index Tuning Class

Prioritizing Index Performance Pains - What I Learned From Brent Ozar's Master Index Tuning Class

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

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