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  1. Formatting a date in an MDX queryhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/formatting-a-date-in-an-mdx-query.html

    Thought I'd add a note as I was getting confused with the built-in function "FormatDateTime()". The example is shown as: =FormatDateTime(Fields!BirthDate.Value, DateFormat.ShortDate) The other formats are: =FormatDateTime(Fields!BirthDate.Value,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  2. Zoho Creator: Expecting ZC_SUBFORM_250 expression found COLLECTIONhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator/zoho-creator-expecting-zc-subform-250-expression-found-collection.html

    What? A very quick article as I couldn't find anything on the WWW to document this error. Why? During a data migration, I was using a custom function to copy all the data from one app to another. The specific form was for "Leads" which contained a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Creator
    • Language: *
  3. SSRS Hide results table if emptyhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-hide-results-table-if-empty.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    Update August 2011 So I don't know how many people were just saying why don't you do the following: Bring up the "Tablix Properties" of the dataset Look for the section "No Rows" Put in a value for "NoRowsMessage". This solution hides the entire Tablix...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  4. XML Schema Referencehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/xml/xml-schema-reference.html

    XSD Elements Element Explanation all Specifies that the child elements can appear in any order. Each child element can occur 0 or 1 time annotation Specifies the top-level element for schema comments any Enables the author to extend the XML document...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Extensible Markup Language
    • Language: en-GB
  5. SQL Calendar in Business Intelligence Development Studiohttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/sql-calendar-in-business-intelligence-development-studio.html

    So I find myself searching the web for a way of producing an outlook-style calendar within Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS). Weekdays along the top and then dates inside. Additionally we would like this linked to events in a database. I'm...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  6. Performance Report - Background colors based on dataset valueshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/green-red-background-colors-based-on-dataset-values.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    Why? I've recently written a report for SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 (SSRS) which will compare up to 4 reports and will compare the time taken for each one. The breakdown or what I was able to measure with the default installation are the times...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  7. Zoho Deluge: Regex Rounding and/or Removing Trailing Zeroshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/zoho-deluge-regex-rounding-and-or-removing-trailing-zeros.html

    What? A very quick article on a cool snippet of code, another regular expression, I've been trying out to round up a number or at least to remove the trailing zeros. I could have added this to my Zoho Deluge - Some Useful Regular Expressions list but I...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Deluge
    • Language: *
  8. Cheat Sheet for mySQL vs t-SQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/cheat-sheet-for-mysql-vs-t-sql.html

    number datepart) DATEADD(datepart, number, date) DATESUB(datepart, number, date) Other If-then-else IF( expression,value_if_true,value_if_false ) IIF( expression,value_if_true,value_if_false ) If Null IFNULL(column_name,value_if_null)...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: *
  9. Zoho Deluge: Convert Hex to RGBhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/zoho-deluge-convert-hex-to-rgb.html

    What? A quick article to document a Zoho Deluge function converting a hexadecimal color reference to a Red Green Blue value (RGB). Why? It's likely that Zoho will avail their color picker at some point as an input but at the time of print, this hasn't...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Deluge
    • Language: *
  10. SSRS Change Background Color of Imagehttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-change-background-color-of-image.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    What? Sounds easy but actually if you use an image which has transparent areas, ie. has one color which will be transparent, the transparent pixels will be colored in with the page background color. Why? I want an image to display per row as a status...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  11. SSRS AlphaNumeric Parameter Validationhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-alphanumeric-validation.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    Intro If you ever want to check the parameters submitted with a report for alpha numeric characters (so it doesn't contain symbols, punctuations, etc) then you should do this at the database level, and then get the report to complete the check: The Plan...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  12. Zoho Creator: Download uploaded file and attach to Sales Order in Zoho Bookshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-books/zoho-creator-download-uploaded-file-and-attach-to-sales-order-in-zoho-books.html

    What? This is an article to document how to use Zoho Deluge to download a file that was uploaded into a Zoho Creator form and then to attach it to a Sales Order in Zoho Books. Why? Because it took me so long to find out how to do this even after reading...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Books
    • Language: *
  13. SSRS: Performance Improvements: SELECT TOPhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-performance-improvements-select-top.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    What? This article details a method we used on a search form in a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) environment. The requirement (amongst others) was that the report ran in less than a few seconds. Analyzing the report through the ReportServer...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  14. ZohoCRM: Get Organization Business Hours using Deluge/APIhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm/zohocrm-get-organization-business-hours-via-deluge-api.html

    What? A super quick article on getting the business hours set in ZohoCRM. Why? When creating a booking system in ZohoCreator, I want to enter the default working shift for an employee either existing or that has been added to the system based on the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho CRM
    • Language: *
  15. Alternate row background colour in Reporting Serviceshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/alternate-row-background-colour-in-reporting-services.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    This is just a note for me as it took a while to find on the net and even then it was confusing as to why it works but it does. Not sure whether you call this an MDX Query or part of a Transact-SQL mashup. You need to go to "Fill" (of each text box in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: *
  16. No rows returned in Oracle causes SP to failhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/oracle-pl-sql/no-rows-returned-in-oracle-causes-sp-to-fail.html

    Why? We have a stored procedure which contains two select queries. The first query will retrieve a student ID number where the input parameter is the student's username. The second query will return data using the student ID number found in the first...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Oracle PL/SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  17. Zoho Deluge: Handle Commas between Quotes in a CSV (and New Lines)https://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/zoho-deluge-handle-commas-between-quotes-in-a-csv.html

    What? This is an article to demonstrate how to handle commas in a CSV file that were enclosed between two double-quotes. I've added to this the handling of new lines or carriage returns in between a pair of double-quotes. Why? Our use case is that we...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Deluge
    • Language: *
  18. Migrate Joomla! 1.5.x to 2.5.x+https://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/migrating-from-joomla-15-to-16.html

    Update June 2013 - How to use this migration script: Make a backup copy of your old Joomla website (1.5.x) Download and install the latest Joomla CMS Go through the Joomla Web-based Installation GUI until the process deletes the Installation folder....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  19. T-SQL Record Separatorhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/t-sql-record-separator.html

    I have googled, binged and asked but to no avail. Some self-proclaimed IT experts in forums said "why would you want to do that?". Unhelpful Bellends. It's a bit like asking me "Why can't I turn on my computer" and me replying "why would you want to do...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  20. SSRS Display question mark when date is blankhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-display-question-mark-when-date-is-blank.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    Applies to: Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Premium Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise What? So I have a column in an SSRS report which displays a date. Being rather pernickety, I would like a question mark to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
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