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  1. Android: Function to let user take photo or choose existinghttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/app-dev/android-os/android-function-to-let-user-take-photo-or-choose-existing.html

    Why? I wanted both options to be available to the user and for it to replace a displayed image in an ImageView. How? More as a reference for myself but this displays an AlertDialog designed by an XML layout file ("res/layout/dialog_edititem_photo"). The...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: AndroidOS
    • Language: *
  2. 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

    An error occurred on the specified object of the specified component. There may be error messages posted before this with more information about the failure. Why? So the solution must be obvious to you by now. At least that's what Microsoft people think...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Integration Services
    • Language: en-GB
  3. SSIS Script: convert UPPERCASE to Mixed-Case using TitleCasehttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssis-script-convert-uppercase-to-mixed-case-using-titlecase.html?catid=74&Itemid=165

    can change just this script instead of the ones for every package). Here is the near enough final version of my script (or more like an experienced colleague's comprehensive script to which I have merely added my transform part) added as a data flow...

    • 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

    have), I found out you cannot declare the parameters used by the software within the SQL script... So the above should look more like this: -- =============================================================================== -- Description: Gets the room...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  5. SSRS Hide results table if emptyhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-hide-results-table-if-empty.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    version 2008 through combining Transact-SQL and MDX expressions" but boy what a mouthful, and it's not really iterating anymore. So it's "SSRS Hide results table if empty" though I will add that if you wanted to put a message instead of hiding the table...

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

    resultset from an Oracle stored procedure and displaying this in SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). Well "non-productive" more than "fun" as most of the examples on the net are either half-complete or partially documented. So here goes... Using...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  7. Sync Outlook 2007 Shared Calendar with SharePoint 2007https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/sync-outlook-2007-shared-calendar-with-sharepoint-2007.html?catid=77&Itemid=165

    key dates and deadlines popup which a single user assigned as "calendar manager" may have missed. Not automated? No but far more manageable when using Outlook 2007 instead of the SharePoint 2007 web interface... Other Searches Import Outlook 2007...

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

    is losing time because of a system clock problem. A workaround in this instance is to change the NTP client to update more often. Note: The following process requires administrator (installation) rights on your computer. Open regedit.exe through the...

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

    the different windows. As with previous versions of MS Windows, holding down the Alt key and pressing Tab will give you the more traditional window switcher (2D). Assigning Aero Flip 3D to a shortcut command: Visit...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: en-GB
  10. Set up Desktop SlideShow in Windows 7https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/set-up-desktop-slideshow-in-windows-7.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    for every change. About a zillion group policies control our every deviation from the standard staff image and so we spend more time on "how do you make it like it was in XP?" situations. How? Who doesn't want to change their desktop background...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: en-GB
  11. Apple Magic Trackpad with Windows 11 Intelhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/apple-magic-trackpad-with-windows-11-intel.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    | Mirror 1 Right-click on the AppleBcUpdate.exe file and select "Show more options" > Hover over 7-Zip > Select Extract to AppleBcUpdate > Browse to this folder > Browse to "ApplePrecisionTrackpadBluetooth" Right-click on...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: *
  12. The ReportServer Databasehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/the-reportserver-database.html

    of summing the remaining columns? Correction, sum will only give me the total time but what if a report has been run twice more often then another, then is it slower? Not necessarily. Like all measures in bytes, I would like a thousand separator, and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: en-GB
  13. Restore MSSQL Error: Database is in usehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/restore-mssql-error-database-is-in-use.html

    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 doesn't warrant...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: en-GB
  14. Reorder Columns in a Tablehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/reorder-columns-in-a-table.html

    be included: ALTER TABLE table_name MODIFY COLUMN misplaced_column BIT(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT b'0' AFTER other_column; -- OR A MORE COMPLETE EXAMPLE -- ALTER TABLE table_name MODIFY COLUMN misplaced_column VARCHAR(13) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'DefaultString'...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: *
  15. Returned a data type that is not validhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/returned-a-data-type-that-is-not-valid.html

    or business intelligence development studio, you can specify in the report designer how to format the returned value to a more user-friendly date format (such as Month name then year - eg. November 2010). I have been told that data types are a nightmare...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  16. Drop If Object Existshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/drop-if-object-exists.html

    page. Go go go Note that in the following examples, I'm checking under the [Common] schema, this might be [dbo] for you or a more specific one. -- drop a stored procedure if it exists IF OBJECT_ID ( '[Common].[usp_MyStoredProcedure]', 'P' ) IS NOT NULL...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  17. 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

    1.00 002 3.00 2000-02-18 1.00 002 3.00 2000-02-18 1.00 003 2.00 1999-02-25 1.00 003 2.00 1999-02-25 1.00 If you have more than 999 items in the column, then you may need to increment the 3 in the above statement "LEFT(..., 3)". Almost there, but in the...

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

    you have their full schemas. Use a comparison tool to compare the outputs. Method #2 Enhancing the above which does a little more of the work, requires in the following query for you to replace the terms "myDB1" with the first database name and "myDB2"...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  19. SQL Queries for Statisticshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/sql-queries-for-statistics.html

    Basically, I've started using so much more SQL in our new Business Intelligence projects that I've been revising all my scripts to see what SQL I can optimize. One of my systems is a MediaWiki CMS which is used for the official Bournemouth University...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: *
  20. Inserting incremental weeks in MySQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/inserting-incremental-weeks-in-mysql.html

    it, it should return the additional 52 rows we want add. Note that the table "WeekStructure" could have been any table with more than 52 rows, I'd say specify the table you will NOT be adding these rows to... SET @count:=0; SELECT '2012/2013' AS SetID,...

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