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  1. 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

    date-of-birth based on the student ID number Agenda Outline Note: As simple as this sounds, this is not a five-minute job. Even with all your SQL scripts with backups of your datasets, each of these will need tweaking. Create your stored procedure in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  2. Windows 7: System Clock is constantly going out of synchttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/windows-7-system-clock-is-constantly-going-out-of-sync.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    was successfully synchronized... You can opt to untick the checkbox next to Synchronize with an Internet time server to prevent it finding the wrong time (again) Check the clock has updated in your taskbar and close the window by clicking on OK Leave...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: *
  3. Windows 7 Aero Featureshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/windows-7-aero-features.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    else have any problems with Aero effects when they first installed Windows 7? What’s your favourite Aero feature or do you even use them? Let us know by leaving a comment.

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: en-GB
  4. Print Directory Contents to a Filehttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/print-directory-contents-to-a-file.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    will be stored in the folder that you asked to list. Instead of C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe, I could have used %Comspec% or even %windir%\system32\cmd.exe but with some group policies, you will get an "access denied" message. If you don't have a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: *
  5. Restore MSSQL Error: Database is in usehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/restore-mssql-error-database-is-in-use.html

    database is in use". -- SQL Server 2005 EXEC SP_WHO // details on who is logged in GO -- SQL Server 2008 EXEC SP_WHO2 // even more details GO -- Run as database owner to see ALL connected processes as well. Why? For every DBA this is a doddle and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: en-GB
  6. Formatting a date in an MDX queryhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/formatting-a-date-in-an-mdx-query.html

    31 THEN 'st' WHEN 2 THEN 'nd' WHEN 22 THEN 'nd' WHEN 3 THEN 'rd' WHEN 23 THEN 'rd' ELSE 'th' END AS Ordinal, All very posh. Even Microsoft don't have helpful documentation on using SWITCH in an MDX query. Chances are they can't get it working either:...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  7. SQL Calendar in Business Intelligence Development Studiohttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/sql-calendar-in-business-intelligence-development-studio.html

    Development Studio (BIDS). Weekdays along the top and then dates inside. Additionally we would like this linked to events in a database. I'm calling this project "Reinventing the Wheel" because the request was a report that was similar to an MS Outlook...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  8. T-SQL Record Separatorhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/t-sql-record-separator.html

    Friday */ This is actually part of a SQL query (Transact-SQL) used in an Excel file. Some of our end customers are not even computer literate so the SQL query had to do the bulk of the work. The SQL query we send to the database has to insert separator...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  9. Basic Oracle Stored Procedure Structurehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/oracle-pl-sql/basic-oracle-stored-procedure-structure.html

    cursors. I'm told I need to use this for SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) which is why I'm going down this route. For an even simpler stored procedure, I'd imagine you just get rid of the cursor. Why A standalone query is faster in the eyes of SSRS,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Oracle PL/SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  10. No rows returned in Oracle causes SP to failhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/oracle-pl-sql/no-rows-returned-in-oracle-causes-sp-to-fail.html

    the web for a solution, most suggest using NVL() but this only replaces a NULL value with a string of your choice; and even if you NVL all returned fields, no rows are returned, and not a row of NULL/blank/empty values. Sounds confusing? That's just me,...

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

    (despite being already logged in, this is the same user but re-prompted for credentials) Cannot run System Registry (not even DOS REG Query!!!) All oracle utilities and connections working on my computer (except for TNSPING). TNS_ADMIN is another...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Oracle PL/SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  12. 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

    check your logs to see if anyone has been trying to hack your website. There are a number of components I have found that even with captcha features, still get hacked with viagra emails and what have you (eg. JoomlaBook). If you don't want to go through...

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

    then to import it into another database. Why? If you're confined to use this product then this is how to do it. Personally, even a web-based app such as PhpMyAdmin would fare better. How? So this is the HOME tab when you open MySQL Workbench. We're...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  14. Project Plan for Freelance Websitehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/project-plan-for-freelance-website.html

    will go to when they type your domain name. Important: You only need the domain name and no additional packages (not even email as our servers handle that). UK Domain Registration Services (for .co.uk, org.uk, .net.uk, etc): http://www.123-reg.co.uk/...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Web-Development
    • Language: *
  15. CSS keeping the footer at the bottomhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/css/css-keeping-the-footer-at-the-bottom.html

    a semi-transparent layer that overlapped it half-way. I managed to fix this by including a div push layer which clears both (even though i had clear:both on the css for my #right div layer). For some reason, it has a more forceful effect in its own...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Cascading Stylesheets
    • Language: en-GB
  16. CSS Center an iFrame Horizontally and Verticallyhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/css/css-center-an-iframe-horizontally-and-vertically.html

    and modify the height of the iframe then click on 'Run'. The iframe is always centered even if the top is off screen.

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Cascading Stylesheets
    • Language: en-GB
  17. Pancakeshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/pancakes.html?catid=96&Itemid=165

    Now make a well in the centre of the flour and break the eggs into it. Then begin whisking the eggs - any sort of whisk or even a fork will do - incorporating any bits of flour from around the edge of the bowl as you do so. Next gradually add small...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Hobbies
    • Language: *
  18. Crystal Reports: Exporting to Excel omits column headershttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/crystal-reports-exporting-to-excel-omits-column-headers.html?catid=110&Itemid=165

    aligned and the same width as their respective column heading. Remove any ruler gridlines that don't truly serve a process (even if they're just for margin purposes)

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Excel
    • Language: en-GB
  19. Blank columns issue when exporting to Excel (Data Only) from Crystal Reportshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/blank-columns-issue-when-exporting-to-excel-data-only-from-crystal-reports.html?catid=110&Itemid=165

    Following up on my article on correcting disappearing headers, a further issue with our web-report is that even an export to Excel (Data Only) from Crystal Reports 9, created extra columns. This issue could not be replicated on the client machine (ie....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Excel
    • Language: *
  20. MS Excel: Convert a text to a numberhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ms-excel-convert-a-text-to-a-number.html?catid=110&Itemid=165

    "₱", "") Which leaves the value as a literal string... Now the tricky part, how to copy into a column just the number? Even if I tell it to multiply by 1, Microsoft Excel gets confused and reports an error?!?!?!? The answer on the Microsoft website is...

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