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MySQL parameters in Excel 2007 PivotTables
MySQL

MySQL parameters in Excel 2007 PivotTables

Hopefully the title doesn't put you off but after much Googling and Bing-ing, I still couldn't figure out how to do this. Hopefully this article will help you more than my search engine skills do. My Setup Windows XP Workstation ...needs to open... Excel 2007 SP2 ...with ODBC to... MySQL v5+ ...hosting database... Acti...

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The ReportServer Database
Databases

The ReportServer Database

Amazing, I have just spent all morning on Microsoft websites to determine what number is the TimeDataRetrieval column displaying. Thank you I know it's an INT. There is just a serious lack of documentation as to what this database is and how it populates its data. View: ExecutionLog InstanceNamenvarchar(38)NOT NULLName...

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Before and After, Highs and Lows
SQL Server Reporting Services

Before and After, Highs and Lows

So I'm looking for a SQL query that could 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 SSRS Solution. I could do...

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SSRS Querying on either of 2 Parameters
SQL Server Reporting Services

SSRS Querying on either of 2 Parameters

The situation is that we are replacing a website-application with a single SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS 2008 R2) report. We're using Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS VS2008) with Team Foundation Server (TFS VS2010) and connecting to an Oracle database (ie. "seamless integration because our setup is...

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Joes Bug Tracker (JBT)
Product Documentation

Joes Bug Tracker (JBT)

So I'm revisiting this component for the third time (previously known as "downloadtracker" and "joesdownloadtracker"); for ages I have needed a replacement for the download component managers for Joomla! CMS. I've tried all the following for about a year each and these are my reviews/opinions: Phoca Download Good compa...

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Win32 Constants
AutoHotkey

Win32 Constants

Apologies for copying this from another source but with lots of OpenSource developers disappearing and reappearing, the content is what I don't want to lose.

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Run commands for Windows
Windows OS

Run commands for Windows

This is an article intended for IT Support. It is a list of the system tools available in the Microsoft Windows OS that can be run from the "Start > Run" option. How?

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