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  1. How to Display Report Execution Time in SSRS (milliseconds)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/how-to-display-report-execution-time-in-ssrs.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    to Display Report Execution Time in SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 So there are other articles out there but I was looking to display in milliseconds the execution time it took for a particular report (which searches for results matching the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  2. 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

    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
  3. Returning Oracle Stored Procedure Resultset in SSRShttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/returning-oracle-stored-procedure-resultset-in-ssrs.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    on the net are either half-complete or partially documented. So here goes... Using Business Intelligence Development Studio v2008 (BIDS) SQL Server Reporting Services v2008 R2 (SSRS) Oracle SQL Developer v3 (you can use any equivalent, eg. SQL*Plus)...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  4. SSRS Stop Scrolling Behindhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-stop-scrolling-behind.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    to: Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) 2008 R2 Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Microsoft Business Intelligence Development Studio What? I recently revamped our standard report with a new template comprising of a single Tablix which contained...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  5. Include a carriage return in a column headinghttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/include-a-carriage-return-in-a-column-heading.html?catid=78&Itemid=165

    To: MS SQL Server 2008 R2 MS Windows 7 Enterprise (Client) MS Excel 2010 What? A really quick note on how to insert a carriage return or new line into the column name/alias (the header). It might seem trivial but these little aesthetic changes done at...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server
    • Language: *
  6. How to change local folder for TFShttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/how-to-change-local-folder-for-tfs.html?catid=79&Itemid=165

    I installed Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 (BIDS) and connected it to a Team Foundation Server 2010 (TFS) instance and set my working local folder to my home directory. When the rest of my colleagues installed it however, they decided to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Team Foundation Server
    • Language: *
  7. Administrator Program Shortcut without Prompthttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/administrator-program-shortcut-without-prompt.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    name with no spaces). tick the checkbox Run with highest privileges. set "Configure For" to Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 Under the Actions tab, Click on New... Leave "Action" as Start a program for Program/Script, Specify the command path which is...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: *
  8. Create Read-Only Database User in SQL Serverhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/create-read-only-database-user-in-sql-server.html

    how to setup a database user with read-only access to the AdventureWorks database. Using SQL Server Management Studio 2008: Connect to your database server. Expand Security > Logins. Right-click on the user who will be set as having read-only access (in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: *
  9. Search a database with SOUNDEXhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/search-a-database-with-soundex.html

    I wanted a query that searched every column containing strings in the database and we are somewhat limited in Sql Server 2008 R2 by 4000 characters in a variable (so I couldn't store it in a local variable). So the idea here is to run the below example...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: en-GB
  10. Drop If Object Existshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/drop-if-object-exists.html

    Some people have been suggesting you can use "CREATE OR REPLACE... VIEW... FUNCTION" but my SQL Server 2008 Management Studio doesn't like this and refuses to understand what I'm trying to do. Why? As this data seemed to be across various websites, I...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  11. Compare two databases using T-SQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/compare-two-databases-using-t-sql.html

    to: MS SQL Server Management Studio 2008 Two Transact-SQL databases What? A quick article on how to compare two Microsoft databases using the tools provided with SQL Server and without having to download any third-party products. Why? I googled and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  12. 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

    to: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Microsoft SQL Server 2012 What? These were in a solution and I thought I'd note them on my site so I can refer to them more easily. How? Let's start with a function that just converts a string of words delimited by...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  13. Accessing a MySQL Database with Business Intelligence Development Studiohttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/accessing-a-mysql-database-with-business-intelligence-development-studio.html

    (BIDS) IDE from Microsoft. Required: Windows XP (ODBC Data Source Administrator) MS Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 Test/Sample MySQL Database to connect to (server and username + password). Admin Access to the reporting server if you plan...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  14. Generate Academic Calendar using MySQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/generate-academic-calendar-using-mysql.html

    4-Jul-2013 5-Jul-2015 27 52 8-Jul-2013 9-Jul-2013 10-Jul-2013 11-Jul-2013 12-Jul-2015 28 This query in T-SQL (SQL Server 2008 R2) for CMIS Facility SELECT calendar.WeekNumber AS AcademicWeek, CAST(DATEPART(dd, calendar.StartDate) AS VARCHAR(2)) + '-' +...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  15. Web Browsers Release Yearhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/web-browsers-release-year.html

    Internet Explorer 7, Sputnik 1093 2007 Maxthon 2.0, Netscape Navigator 9, NetSurf 1.0, Flock 1.0, Safari 3.0, Conkeror 1262 2008 Konqueror 4, Safari 3.1, Opera 9.5, Firefox 3, Amaya 10.0, Flock 2, Chrome 1, Amaya 11.0 1565 2009 Internet Explorer 8,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Web-Development
    • Language: *
  16. Stop Excel Row Height Self-Adjust on Refreshhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/stop-excel-row-height-self-adjust-on-refresh.html?catid=110&Itemid=165

    Situation I have a Microsoft Excel 2007 file that connects to a SQL Server 2008 R2 database. The Excel file pulls data using lookup tables and displays the data in an Excel Spreadsheet. The Problem We can select all cells and set row height to be 30 for...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Excel
    • Language: en-GB
  17. Change Regional Settings for your Reporthttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/change-regional-settings-for-your-report.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    Basically I thought that the regional settings of a report generated using Report Builder 2.0 on a MS SQL Server 2008 instance were dependent on either the server or the client machine. Realised that this was actually specified in the report. Here's a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  18. SSRS Expand specific drilldown by defaulthttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-expand-specific-drilldown-by-default.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    copied & pasted from other sites) but they refer to SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005. This is how to do it in SQL Server 2008 and creating a report in Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) or MS Report Builder. Scenario I have a report that...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  19. SSRS - Lost window with datasetshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-lost-window-with-datasets.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 Often happens to me and not sure why. You open the project and the window panel for the Report Data containing the parameters and datasets isn't there. I spent a bit of time enabling/disabling toolbars...

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