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  1. Sort order a dropdown list in MS InfoPath without programminghttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/sort-order-a-dropdown-list-in-ms-infopath-without-programming.html?catid=73&Itemid=165

    the sharepoint list, and it had re-ordered to what I set in the view!!! I don't really understand how it works only that it does. I think this could get complicated if you had two dropdowns reading off the same list but needed to list elements in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Infopath
    • Language: *
  2. SSIS Skip Rows in Excel Source filehttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssis-skip-rows-in-excel-source-file.html?catid=74&Itemid=165

    Professionals", just a piece of paper and proof you're good at theory IMO, no credit for being the tape monkey that does all the actual work.

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Integration Services
    • Language: en-GB
  3. SSIS Skip Blank Rows in Flat File Sourcehttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssis-skip-blank-rows-in-flat-file-source.html?catid=74&Itemid=165

    as per your requirements and use substring on trimmed DataColumn to retrieve each data column. Additional The TRIM in SSIS does not appear to get rid of new line and carriage return symbols!!! Use the Replace(String, "\r", "") and Replace(String, "\n",...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Integration Services
    • Language: en-GB
  4. Parameters not being used in report processinghttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/parameters-not-being-used-in-report-processing.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    Builder 2.0 and when previewing the report, the parameters are not accounted for (ie. the SQL query creating the dataset does not use the parameters in its query). Problems: Given a date, the date format was reverting to US format as opposed to European...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  5. Alternate row background colour in Reporting Serviceshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/alternate-row-background-colour-in-reporting-services.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    This is just a note for me as it took a while to find on the net and even then it was confusing as to why it works but it does. Not sure whether you call this an MDX Query or part of a Transact-SQL mashup. You need to go to "Fill" (of each text box in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: *
  6. URL passed settings in Reporting Serviceshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/url-passed-settings-in-reporting-services.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    Resolved this by clearing my web-browser's temporary files. Do we instruct all users viewing the reports to do this? When does this report automatically expire? Reminder on Paper Sizes A4 = 8.27in (width) × 11.69in (height) Letter = 8.5in (width) x 11in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  7. SSRS Parameters in Oracle Stored Procedurehttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-parameters-in-oracle-stored-procedure.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    prefixed with @ for SQL Server and not the colon (:) we expected for Oracle. Passing in Variables I've been told that SSRS does not understand OUT variables. For a success message to be returned based on the status of the stored procedure, please view...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  8. Problem creating SSRS report subscriptionshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/problem-creating-ssrs-report-subscriptions.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    use). Set "Connect Using" to "Credentials supplied by the user running the report". Browse to your report or upload it if it does not exist. Hover the mouse cursor over it and click on the dropdown arrow to its right Select "Manage" in the dropdown menu...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  9. Connection Strings for SQL Serverhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/connection-strings-for-sql-server.html?catid=78&Itemid=165

    Use this one to specify a default command timeout for the connection. Please note that the property in the connection string does not supercede the individual command timeout property on an individual command object....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server
    • Language: *
  10. 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

    on the other side of the world. I want the header in the column "Academic Week" to break across two lines so that the column doesn't expand to the width of "Academic Week" and instead expands to the width of the word "Academic". What I have: Academic...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server
    • Language: *
  11. Running Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8 as standaloneshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/running-internet-explorer-6-7-8-as-standalones.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    IECollection v1.6.0.6 Multiple IE Installer v? (Old and unstable...) Browser Sandbox (Need IE and install their plugin - does not reflect my customer's PC image) IETester v0.4.3 (Returned different results from my IE7 tests) ie6olas_nt (from...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: *
  12. Hide a Drive per User in Windows 7https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/hide-a-drive-per-user-in-windows-7.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    enter a name for the key. We'll call it Foo. Go to HKEY_USERS\Foo\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies If it does not already exist, create a key called Explorer Create a new 32-bit DWORD value inside the Explorer key/folder and name it...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: *
  13. Windows 10: Shortcut Apps to Settingshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/windows-10-shortcut-apps-to-settings.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    or that you want to include in automation software such as AutoHotkey, opens any specific Windows OS settings page. This does not make the change to the setting itself, just displays it to the user for them to make the choice. Why? I needed a command...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: *
  14. T-SQL Record Separatorhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/t-sql-record-separator.html

    day and then subsequently marked with the separator marker of Stage #1 (note that here separator marker is marked by day1 does not equal day2 rather than a column called marker): --Create CTE WITH tblDifference AS ( SELECT t1.*, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  15. DataJumble - Shuffling characters in a data valuehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/data-shuffling-function.html

    if Given Value is date IF ISDATE(@OrigVal)=1 SET @ColumnTypeIsDate = 1; -- Determine if Given Value is date (ISDATE does not recognize CAST AS DATE) IF @OrigLen=10 AND (LEN(@OrigVal) - LEN(REPLACE(@OrigVal, '-', '')))=2 AND ISNUMERIC(SUBSTRING(@OrigVal,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  16. DataScramble - Randomizing data rowshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/datascramble-randomizing-data-rows.html

    if Given Value is date IF ISDATE(@OrigVal)=1 SET @ColumnTypeIsDate = 1; -- Determine if Given Value is date (ISDATE does not recognize CAST AS DATE) IF @OrigLen=10 AND (LEN(@OrigVal) - LEN(REPLACE(@OrigVal, '-', '')))=2 AND ISNUMERIC(SUBSTRING(@OrigVal,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  17. T-SQL Conversion failed when converting the varchar to data type inthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/t-sql-conversion-failed-when-converting-the-varchar-to-data-type-int.html

    the error "Conversion failed when converting the varchar value 'B110' to data type int" then read on. How? So where does the 'B110' string come from, well from one of our tables which looks similar to the following: Table: DMExtractEmployeeTable...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  18. 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

    account, ask a DBA to emulate the user for testing. the Items column may vary from 1 and 10+. Not sure on why this is but it doesn't seem to affect the functionality of the above and you could always hardcode a 1.00 if its confusing. In theory, if you...

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

    -- return the string unaffected if it is not in uppercase SET @Ret=@Text END RETURN @Ret END Examples of what this script does: Reminder: The script only affects data already in UPPERCASE. Change the IF (UPPER(@Text)=@Text COLLATE Latin1_General_CS_AI)...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  20. 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

    them, they still would block me thinking I was trying to hack into their servers because of the number of queries Joomla does and the number of times I refresh the page and upload files. Why they think that developers should not be able to send a 1000...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
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