Bert Wagner

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Multiple Identity Inserts

Watch this week’s video on YouTube. This week I want to share something that surprised me about using SQL Server’s SET IDENTITY_INSERT statement. I started with two tables with...

2019-07-10 (first published: )

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Multiple Identity Inserts

Watch this week's video on YouTube
This week I want to share something that surprised me about using SQL Server's SET IDENTITY_INSERT statement.
I started with two tables with identity columns...

2019-06-25

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Multiple Identity Inserts

Watch this week's video on YouTube
This week I want to share something that surprised me about using SQL Server's SET IDENTITY_INSERT statement.
I started with two tables with identity columns...

2019-06-25

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Trailing Spaces in SQL Server

Watch this week’s episode on YouTube. A long time ago I built an application that captured user input. One feature of the application was to compare the user’s input...

2019-07-03 (first published: )

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Joker’s Wild

This past weekend I had a blast presenting Joker’s Wild with Erin Stellato (blog|twitter), Andy Mallon (blog|twitter), and Drew Furgiuele (blog|twitter). Watch it here! Table of contents: What is...

2019-06-25 (first published: )

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Joker's Wild

This past weekend I had a blast presenting Joker's Wild with Erin Stellato (blog|twitter), Andy Mallon (blog|twitter), and Drew Furgiuele (blog|twitter).

Watch this week's video on YouTube
Table of contents:

What is...

2019-06-11

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Joker's Wild

This past weekend I had a blast presenting Joker's Wild with Erin Stellato (blog|twitter), Andy Mallon (blog|twitter), and Drew Furgiuele (blog|twitter).

Watch this week's video on YouTube
Table of contents:

What is...

2019-06-11

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CHOOSE() in SQL Server

Watch this week’s episode on YouTube. While I know I don’t utilize most of the features available in SQL Server, I like to think I’m at least aware that those features...

2019-06-04

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Transaction Log Truncation

In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?

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