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  1. T-SQL: Parse an XML valuehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/t-sql-parse-an-xml-value.html

    SELECT CAST(CAST(Event_XML AS XML).query('data(/STAFF/GENDER)') AS VARCHAR(10)) AS Gender FROM [dbo].[XML_EVENTS] -- Returns column GENDER for every record/row (eg. "Male") Or -- Using .value() SELECT CAST(Event_XML AS...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  2. ZohoCRM: zoho.crm.searchRecords only returns certain recordshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm/zohocrm-search-records-only-returns-certain-records.html

    This is an article to hopefully resolve for you quicker than it took me, why a zoho.crm.searchRecords() returns some of the records but omits others. Why? The use-case was that we were creating a custom related list on a Zoho Finance > Sales Orders...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho CRM
    • Language: *
  3. T-SQL functions to convert Strings to Tableshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/t-sql-functions-to-convert-strings-to-tables.html

    a string of words delimited by spaces to a table: CREATE FUNCTION dbo.[ufn_StringToTable] ( @StringInput VARCHAR(MAX) ) RETURNS @OutputTable TABLE ( StringValue VARCHAR(10) ) AS...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  4. Zoho CRM & Zoho Creator: Query returns some fields missing other data on the recordhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator/zoho-crm-zoho-creator-query-returns-some-fields-missing-other-data-on-the-record.html

    What? A super quick article to demonstrate how an idiot like myself can misread the documentation. This particular article shows you how to customize the search results or response from using zoho.creator.getRecordById(). Why? My use case scenario is...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Creator
    • Language: *
  5. Clicking on a weblink returns a 404 errorhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/clicking-on-a-weblink-returns-a-404-error.html

    If you are in the administration panel and you are editing your weblinks and you come across this error: "404 - An error has occurred. Joomla! was unable to locate the stated resource." Just check that the category the link is in is published.

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  6. $_SERVER['http_referer'] returns blank in Internet Explorerhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/serverhttpreferer-returns-blank-in-internet-explorer.html?catid=62&Itemid=165

    Thought I'd put a note about this as I spent ages rewriting an entire system. The HTTP_REFERER environment variable can be changed by the user anyway but I was using it as an additional validation check. The only solution is to not use it for...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Microsoft
    • Language: en-GB
  7. Zoho Deluge: Get the Week Number if Week starts on a Mondayhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/zoho-deluge-get-the-week-number-if-week-starts-on-a-monday.html

    of a specific week... Just to confuse everyone in the world, the day index for a Sunday is 7 (ie. myDate.toString("u") returns 7) and the week commences on a Sunday (ie. myDate.toStartOfWeek("EEEE") returns Sunday). In other words, the day counting...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Deluge
    • Language: *
  8. Regular Expressions in SQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/regular-expressions-in-sql.html

    circumflex to exclude the clean alphanumeric rows: SELECT * FROM STUDENTS WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(S_SURNAME, '[^a-zA-Z0-9]') -- returns all rows where the student surname contains non-alphanumeric characters -- eg. O'Brien will be returned SELECT * FROM...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: *
  9. ZohoCRM & ZohoWriter: Generate Rich-Text / HTML Email Signatures in CRMhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm/zohocrm-zohowriter-generate-rich-email-signatures-in-crm.html

    Label: Fn - Workdrive - Host Image Trigger: Off a button / Standalone Purpose: This uploads an image to workdrive and returns a publicly-accessible link/URL for use in your email signatures. Inputs: Loginuser Outputs: Email Scope(s): WorkDrive.team.ALL,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho CRM
    • Language: *
  10. Excel: Find values in one column that are not in anotherhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/excel-find-values-in-one-column-that-are-not-in-another.html?catid=110&Itemid=165

    in a StackExchange site: Method #1 =MATCH(B2, $A$2:$A$100, 0) -- Check whether value in B2 exists in range of A2:A100. -- Returns the index of column A in which the B2 value was found. -- Returns #N/A for a value which is NOT in column A. Drag the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Excel
    • Language: *
  11. Basic Webpage Controls with JavaScript / COMhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/basic-webpage-controls-with-javascript-com.html?catid=48&Itemid=165

    If you want to get an element(s) based on limited criteria, you can use the following 3 methods: getElementById(id) - returns a reference to the first object with the specified ID getElementsByName(name) - Returns a collection of objects with the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: AutoHotkey
    • Language: *
  12. Zoho Deluge: Search Records with Special Characters (COQL)https://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/zoho-deluge-search-records-with-special-characters-coql.html

    limit: v_CoqlQuery = "select id, Deal_Name from Deals where ((Amount=0) and (Stage != 'Cancelled')) limit 400,2"; // returns 2 deals after the first 400 records // OR v_CoqlQuery = "select id, Deal_Name from Deals where ((Amount=0) and (Stage !=...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Deluge
    • Language: *
  13. Zoho CRM: JS Widget: Generic Script to pass the Record ID to a CRM functionhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm/zoho-crm-js-widget-generic-script-to-pass-the-record-id-to-a-crm-function.html

    about a company. Unfortunately, if you do this simply using Zoho Deluge in a button, there are no new lines/carriage returns or styling that you can apply, which pops up as a message box to the sales person; but all on one line and not that readable....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho CRM
    • Language: *
  14. Joel's Reference to MidJourney v4 Promptshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joel-s-guide-to-midjourney-prompts.html?catid=115&Itemid=165

    list to see what custom options you already have. By default you should have one called "wallpaper": /imagine a flower // returns 4 square pictures of a flower /imagine a flower --wallpaper // appends "--w 1920 --h 1024 --hd" // returns 4 pictures of a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Graphic Design
    • Language: *
  15. Zoho Deluge - Get Full Day Namehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/zoho-deluge-get-full-day-name.html

    to retrieve the full day name from a date (eg. "Monday"). Why? If I use the toString() function to get the day, it only returns the first 3 letters of the day (eg. "Mon"). My_Date = today; Day_Name = My_Date.toString("E"); // returns "Mon" How? Well a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Deluge
    • Language: *
  16. Quadcopter App with Flight Restrictions (JQA)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/quadcopter-app.html?catid=53&Itemid=165

    for aircraft data - [1.8.5] App: theme adjustments - [1.8.5] App: compatibility & stability fixes - [1.8.4] Hangar: factory returns photos as well - [1.8.4] App: theme and style fixes - [1.8.4] App: code improvements - [1.8.3] App: fix to previous fix -...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Product Documentation
    • Language: *
  17. Zoho Deluge - Generate 5 Letter Booking Retrieval Codehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/zoho-deluge-generate-5-letter-booking-retrieval-code.html

    This is a quick article on how to generate a 5 letter code from several functions: one which returns 5 randomly selected characters and another two which convert a number to 5 letters. Why? Zoho doesn't have a function to generate random numbers or...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Deluge
    • Language: *
  18. Zoho Deluge - Get distance between two coordinateshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/get-distance-between-two-points-in-zoho.html

    then try this standard function. Note this has only been tested in Zoho Creator rather than Zoho CRM. How? This function returns the distance as the crow flies. Update 2020 Not sure exactly when but Zoho have made available this function in Creator: =...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Deluge
    • Language: *
  19. Zoho Creator: Retrieve record with case-insensitive queryhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator/zoho-creator-retrieve-record-with-case-insensitive.html

    the product exists because it is searching with case-sensitivity enabled. It tries to insert into the product table, but returns the error "Result: Error on Execution" > "Error details: Execution Failed Due to invalid expressions insert statement is...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Creator
    • Language: *
  20. 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

    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 were trying to loop through rows of a CSV file which...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Deluge
    • Language: *
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