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  1. Split a row into multiple rows based on a column valuehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/split-a-row-into-multiple-rows-based-on-a-column-value.html

    to Transact-SQL (T-SQL) What? This is a quick article on how to split a single row into multipe rows based on the value of a column in the same table. Why? I have a table that has all the days of sickness of employees. This table contains, which...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  2. 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
  3. T-SQL: Parse an XML valuehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/t-sql-parse-an-xml-value.html

    This took me a while to find so I've posted an article below detailing how to parse or extract values from a string containing XML code. Why? I'm working with a system which stores XML strings in a database and rather than a separate file, it stores...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  4. Convert to Proper Case in T-SQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/convert-to-proper-case-in-t-sql.html

    So this is an article exploring how to convert UPPERCASE text into mixed case. The feed is originally for a personnel feed so it won't be converting long paragraphs of English text. Instead it will be applied to names and addresses as well as job titles...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  5. Data Randomization Function in Oracle PL/SQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/oracle-pl-sql/data-randomization-function-in-oracle-plsql.html

    This article describes a function that will return random data based on a given value. The function intends to determine the data type and return data that is absolutely irrelevant to the original data but the same length and the same type of data. Why?...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Oracle PL/SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  6. Fix Oracle Tnsping 3511 without Windows Registryhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/oracle-pl-sql/fix-oracle-tnsping-3511-without-windows-registry.html

    installed as we have different products/services and these run off various instances of Oracle 9i, 10g, and 11g. This article was written for those that need to support these kind of systems and not as an invite for suggestions on how my business should...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Oracle PL/SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  7. 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

    Studio solution to connect to a MySQL database then lost my way wondering what was I trying to achieve? I've written this article because this is how I connected to a MySQL database from within the Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) IDE...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  8. MySQL parameters in Excel 2007 PivotTableshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/mysql-parameters-in-excel-2007-pivottables.html

    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...

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

    and all our staff/students follow academic week numbers as opposed to calendar week numbers. Why? The aim of this article is to quickly generate a calendar for a full academic year for referencing by staff/students. How? Let us assume that we have a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  10. SSRS Use T-SQL Like with a Parameterhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-use-t-sql-like-with-a-parameter.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    must have been so obvious to everyone else that nobody bothered to write an article on it... till now. Situation I have a report that returns room bookings based on a user and given a date range. The problem is that there are a few thousand users and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  11. Set default parameter dates to start and end of monthhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/set-default-parameter-dates-to-start-and-end-of-month.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    particular date. Solution Easy for some but anything that I spend 30 minutes googling and reading up on is asking for an article on my own site. Besides this is how I did it and what worked for me... Set the default values for your from and to date...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: *
  12. Reminder on SSRS row separatorhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/reminder-on-ssrs-row-seperator.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    Notes Tuesday 04/10/2011 Another Office 09:00 17:00 Notes Row Seperator This follows on from my T-SQL Record Separator article. If you are using SQL Server Reporting Services (in my case version 2008 R2), then yes, you won't need to use the database...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  13. SSRS No Delay for First Report of the Dayhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-no-delay-for-first-report-of-the-day.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    This article describes a solution our reporting server administrators found to cut the loading time of the first report of the day. Why? Take any SSRS report, if one of us was the first to run it on that day, it would take an additional 60 seconds to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  14. Access MySQL databases using Oracle SQL Developerhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/access-mysql-databases-using-oracle-sql-developer.html

    So this is a quick article on how to install the mySQL add-on for Oracle SQL Developer v3.0.04. Why? I've used various mySQL administration tools to manage mySQL databases over the years, all freeware until someone expresses an interest in using it and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  15. Export/Import Database using MySQL Workbenchhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/export-import-database-using-mysql-workbench.html

    This article isn't unique as there are other tutorials out there. This is meant to detail a process to export a database using MySQL Workbench and then to import it into another database. Why? If you're confined to use this product then this is how to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  16. UNC Paths in Sharepoint 2007 linkshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/unc-paths-in-sharepoint-2007-links.html?catid=77&Itemid=165

    they won't be able to use the link. Why? As soon as someone suggested I setup WebDAV to do this, I thought I'd write this article to warn others that that's unnecessary and can simply open another can of worms (security-wise). There may be situations...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SharePoint
    • Language: *
  17. SharePoint 2007: Change profile picture with minimal permissionshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/sharepoint-2007-change-profile-picture-with-minimal-permissions.html?catid=77&Itemid=165

    This is a quick article on how to change your profile picture in your company's sharepoint site. Sounds straightforward but without being allowed to upload images or edit other profiles, each user has to do this with the permissions they've been given....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SharePoint
    • Language: *
  18. Country Lookup by IP address CSVhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/country-lookup-by-ip-address.html

    So this is an article to serve as documentation for one of the data sources available to download for FREE from this site. Why? It's useful to have a CSV list of all the IP ranges and their allocated country. Our use here was to create a refreshable...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: *
  19. Increase Recent Documents Number in Windows XPhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/increase-recent-documents-number.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    Just a quick note here. This is an article based on the REG file from Kelly's Korner (@www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm). I'm not fond of downloading REG files and running them even if I have checked what it's doing. I'm putting a note here just...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: en-GB
  20. Generate a Timesheet in MySQL https://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/generate-a-timesheet-in-mysql.html

    This article is to remind me how to create a blank weekly timesheet which reads the duration of events from a database and auto-completes your timesheet. Why? I'm being tasked to work with EPM (Microsoft Enterprise Project Management) more and more....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: *
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