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  1. SQL Queries for Statisticshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/sql-queries-for-statistics.html

    the User ID (VisitorID, 0 if not logged in) and of course the Timestamp (DateTimeStamp). Here is a page of some MySQL queries I can do based on just those 5 columns: MediaWiki: number of unique guests, students and staff by month. Also associates a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: *
  2. SSRS / MDX Date Querieshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-mdx-date-queries.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    So I find myself using date ranges endlessly as I've been working in SSRS. The below is derived from a collection of various sources across the web as well as some of my own. These are what worked in my environment: WinXP, BIDS (vs2008), TFS (vs2010),...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  3. Database Error: Unable to connect to the database: Could not connect to MySQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/database-error-unable-to-connect-to-the-database-could-not-connect-to-mysql.html

    I start to get the "cannot connect to MYSQL." I contacted my webhost, and the problem is the number of MYSQL database queries. It goes up to about 200,000 in the first few minutes of use and then after that every page load is a few hundred to few...

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

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. Help on using the queries below -- -- 1. replace all database names in the scripts below -- -- 2. checking before you commit changes -- II. Copy...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  5. MySQL Transactions in PHPhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/mysql-transactions-in-php.html

    Sometimes it is critical to ensure a group of queries are all executed successfully to maintain the integrity of our data. Let's say we have a banking app where we need to subtract funds from one account and add funds to another: $mysqli->query...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ike Francis
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  6. Zoho Analytics: Determine profits from invoices and purchase ordershttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-analytics/zoho-analytics-determine-profits-from-invoices-and-purchase-orders.html

    An article on the reasoning and steps to generate a dataset using Zoho's ANSI-SQL queries to generate the margins of each invoice in ZohoBooks. Why? We need to create a profits/losses dashboard in Zoho Analytics as we can't control the out-of-the-box...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Analytics
    • Language: *
  7. Zoho Survey & Zoho Analytics: Query to generate individual responses and grouped pageshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-analytics/zoho-survey-zoho-analytics-query-to-generate-individual-responses-and-grouped-pages.html

    An article on some Zoho ANSI-SQL (in other words, queries that work in Zoho Analytics) as I couldn't find any examples online on how to do this. Why? I've been tasked with generating a radar/spider/web chart based on the results from a survey....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Analytics
    • Language: *
  8. ZohoCRM Webhook: Create ZohoInventory Records from an eBay orderhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-inventory/zohocrm-webhook-create-zohoinventory-records-from-an-ebay-order.html

    This is a not-so-quick article that queries an eBay order and creates the relevant ZohoInventory item, contact, sales order, package slip, shipment order, invoice, payment records... Why? I'm storing this here as a reference and taking the bits that I...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Inventory
    • Language: *
  9. SSRS Querying on either of 2 Parametershttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-querying-on-either-of-2-parameters.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    that need to use the ID parameter all returned zero rows. So one workaround exists where if I combined all 10 dataset queries into 1 mega dataset query, problem solved… Another workaround exists where if I added the OR part to all my datasets (so where...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  10. 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

    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 query....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Oracle PL/SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  11. MySQL: Find records in one table that are not in another.https://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/mysql-find-records-in-one-table-that-are-not-in-another.html

    The Why So I find myself writing increasingly complex SQL scripts and it's at the stage where we need to optimize the queries because some scripts are noticeably slow (as observed by the customer...) and then others not. The What I'm going to run these...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  12. Zoho Creator: Create a Widget which uses JavaScripthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator/zoho-creator-create-a-widget-which-uses-javascript.html

    is referred to in widget.html and secondly, the way you retrieve records in the Zoho JavaScript. If you do not include Zoho queries, then I have found the app can be ported between either Creator or CRM (as in pure HTML,CSS and JS). Files referring to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Creator
    • Language: *
  13. ZohoDeluge: Get All eBay Orders Given a From and Till Datehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/zohodeluge-get-all-ebay-orders-given-a-from-and-till-date.html

    article: Zoho Creator: Push to eBay Listings. Getting the Orders in XML format: /* Function: fn_eBay_GetOrders() Purpose: Queries eBay for all orders given a from and till date Date Created: 2023-02-28 (Joel Lipman) - Initial release Date Modified: ????...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Deluge
    • Language: *
  14. ZohoCRM: Get All eBay Active Listingshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm/zohocrm-get-all-ebay-active-listings.html

    end of the list as per eBay and not what you might have thought it was. /* Function: fn_GetEbayActiveProducts() Purpose: Queries eBay for all active listings Date Created: 2023-03-01 (Joel Lipman) - Initial release Date Modified: ???? - ??? More Info: -...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho CRM
    • Language: *
  15. ZohoCRM: Integrate ChatGPT to ZohoZIAhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm/zohocrm-integrate-chatgpt-to-zohozia.html

    of ZohoCRM Inputs: string userInput Outputs: map m_Response Date Created: 2023-02-08 (Joel Lipman) - Initial release - Queries OpenAI ChatGPT Date Modified: 2023-03-11 (Joel Lipman) - Stores conversation messages / thread in CRM records - Retrieves and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho CRM
    • Language: *
  16. ZohoDeluge: Check Shipment Status via DHL APIhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/zohodeluge-check-shipment-status-via-dhl-api.html

    other statuses there are for a package: /* Function: String fn_DHL_CheckShipmentStatus(string p_TrackingNumber) Purpose: Queries DHL for tracking information about a shipment and returns the status code (eg. "delivered") Date Created: 2023-03-21 (Joel...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Deluge
    • Language: *
  17. Zoho Deluge: Get All Orders from eBayhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/zoho-deluge-get-all-orders-from-ebay.html

    link above), we're going to use the GetOrders call for order (sales) management. /* Function: fn_GetEbayOrders() Purpose: Queries eBay for all orders for a specified year Date Created: 2023-03-29 (Joel Lipman) - Initial release Date Modified: 2023-03-29...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Deluge
    • Language: *
  18. JDatabase: using the Joomla database with exampleshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/jdatabase-using-the-joomla-database.html

    and for v2.5.x This article applies to Joomla 1.5.x, 2.5.x and 3.x. for Joomla 2.5.x Building Joomla lets you build up the queries which admittedly is cleaner and more organized. Here is a query which shows the building methods: // Get a db connection....

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

    and you're confined to functions, temporary tables or little subroutines which just overcomplicates basic simple select queries... However set a counter to 1 for each and then get BIDS to do the sum of this using an MDX expression. T-SQL Expression:...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  20. Before and After, Highs and Lowshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/before-and-after-highs-and-lows.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    do this all in one go and return all the results in one table. With PHP & MySQL it's pretty simple: use individual SQL queries to get the count of yesterday, yesterweek, yestermonth, yesteryear and do the layout in PHP. Now let's say I have one RDL or...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: *
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