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  1. Report Builder 2.0 - Hide Series1https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/report-builder-20-hide-series1.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    Dunno about you guys but I've searched the WWW for a solution and couldn't find it. The work around I've documented is a "solution" to my situation and environment. Our setup is: SQL Server 2008 Report Builder 2.0 BMC Service Desk Express 9.8 DataSet1:...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  2. 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: *
  3. SSRS / MDX Date Querieshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-mdx-date-queries.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    I find myself using date ranges endlessly as I've been working in SSRS. The below is derived from a collection of various sources across the web as well as some of my own. These are what worked in my environment: WinXP, BIDS (vs2008), TFS (vs2010), SSRS...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  4. SSRS Redirect after a report is runhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-redirect-after-a-report-is-run.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    the page after a certain time. Conclusion In the end, this came down to a design decision. Time spent on trying to find a solution was not considered to be warranted. My reports use a parameter for the connection string to specify which server and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  5. SSRS External Images don't displayhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-external-images-dont-display.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    query they used to determine whether to display an image or not. Bit of a cop-out I know but after two weeks of trying to find a solution, I would definitely recommend seeing if you can't check at the database level first. I will in future. Debug Method...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: *
  6. 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

    these in SSRS and then resorted to my old methods of debugging. For those of you who don't know what a cursor is, you can find this info on another site as this article focuses on getting an Oracle stored procedure to work with SSRS. Main Example: My...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  7. SSRS: Performance Improvements: SELECT TOPhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-performance-improvements-select-top.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    OR @GivenForenames'' OR @GivenSurname'' OR @GivenDOB'') -- The TOP 100 is what improved our performance. -- If you can't find the person in your database in the top 100 of your search -- then you must be limited on what you know about this person......

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  8. 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

    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 your computer for a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: *
  9. Remove write-protect from USB pen in Windowshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/remove-write-protect-from-pen-in-windows.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    and it’s become my favourite program (despite the fact that I want to need to use it as little as possible, i.e. once)!!! To find it go to http://emea.apacer.com/en/support/downloads.asp then search for “AH128 Handy Steno Repair Tool” released in 2010...

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

    but with some group policies, you will get an "access denied" message. If you don't have a C:\windows folder, then find your "cmd.exe" program and change the path in the above instructions accordingly.

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: *
  11. 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

    one is by modifying the system registry, so if you aren't familiar with the system registry in MS Windows, you may need to find someone who is. How? As a proof of concept, let's see how to hide a specific drive. Note that this section applies to the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: *
  12. Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x8DE00005https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/windows-live-mail-error-id-0x8de00005.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    (changing the log-on username to your own): The downloading of all your folders will take a while so don't panic if you find empty folders. Doing a 'send/receive' will bring up the dialog showing its progress. Source: Windows Live Mail and Outlook Mail...

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

    Security Activation ms-settings:activation Backup ms-settings:backup Delivery Optimization ms-settings:delivery-optimization Find My Device ms-settings:findmydevice For developers ms-settings:developers Recovery ms-settings:recovery Troubleshoot...

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

    Data Consistency. I was tasked with finding variations of our default values. End-users were complaining that some default values get listed twice because their system was case-sensitive despite the collation of the SQL Server being case-insensitive....

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

    date as the parameter and trying to specify default date as today's in the format DD/MM/YYYY. Googled this but couldn't find an answer, then I just replaced "=NOW()" [yields: 01/01/2011 01:00:00] with "=Today()" [yields: 01/01/2011] and this did the...

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

    I find myself searching the web for a way of producing an outlook-style calendar within Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS). Weekdays along the top and then dates inside. Additionally we would like this linked to events in a database. I'm...

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

    provided with SQL Server and without having to download any third-party products. Why? I googled and binged and all I could find were people selling third party products... they don't get it. If you are reading this, it's likely you've paid for a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  18. 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
  19. Quickly update all content in mySQL database replacing a stringhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/quickly-update-all-content-replacing-a-string.html

    How? For demo purposes, I'm searching a column called introtext in a database table called MYTABLE_content. First let me find all the articles that need this change: SET @stringtoFind=' '; SET @stringtoReplaceWith=' '; SELECT `id` , `title` , IF(LOCATE(...

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

    I could apply the PRINCE2 (Projects in a controlled environment) methodology to website projects but most people find this overwhelming. It's in business techno babble and I get asked what does this mean in stage 1? And this in stage 2? (There are over...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Web-Development
    • Language: *
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