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  1. Error during processing - Converting Date/Timehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/error-during-processing-converting-datetime.html

    Well I find myself again the dummie of the Internet. I basically came across this error and STFW'd for ages following complex T-SQL Timestamp conversions but to no avail. Not saying that you shouldn't try their solutions but just check you haven't done...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  2. 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
  3. Basic Oracle Function Structurehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/oracle-pl-sql/basic-oracle-function-structure.html

    new to Oracle. I need a function in it's simplest form and if I want to torture my successors, I'll complicate the function myself. How? Functions are supposed to return a single value, which is all I need in this case. In my example, I need to submit...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Oracle PL/SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  4. MySQL: Find records in one table that are not in another.https://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/mysql-find-records-in-one-table-that-are-not-in-another.html

    The Why So I find myself writing increasingly complex SQL scripts and it's at the stage where we need to optimize the queries because some scripts are noticeably slow (as observed by the customer...) and then others not. The What I'm going to run these...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  5. Webdeveloper-Speakhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/webdeveloper-speak.html

    is an initialism of HyperText Markup Language, and is pronounced: “H-T-M-L”. (Um... think I just call these acronyms myself). permission-based marketing An opt-in policy requires a potential customer to self-select the services they wish to subscribe...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Web-Development
    • Language: *
  6. Developer's Checklist: Taking over a projecthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/developers-checklist-taking-over-a-project.html

    if I can take over a project that has been abandoned by its developer. I've started writing this article because I find myself forgetting to ask something that could have saved an infinite number of man-hours (I exaggerate a little); but seriously, I...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Web-Development
    • Language: *
  7. Slideshow div layer through a windowhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/mootools/slideshow-div-layer-through-a-window.html

    incomplete! Will post a final solution but here are the basics What? This article is a quick note to myself on the idea of a slideshow with the MooTools javascript framework. Basically, I want to create a div layer that I can see through (like a window...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MooTools Framework
    • Language: *
  8. UTF8 Unicode PHP MySQL for International Charactershttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/php/utf8-unicode-php-mysql-for-international-characters.html

    is a note to myself but also to anyone out there who's spent as long as I did looking for a solution to this. Maybe it's just me but this is the scenario: Joomla works fine with international characters A Module Extension I wrote for Joomla! displayed...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Personal Home Page
    • Language: en-GB
  9. MS Excel - Sort pivottable column headings by datehttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/sort-pivottable-column-headings-by-date.html?catid=110&Itemid=165

    This is a quick note to myself so that I never use parentheses in the column headings again. Basically I have a pivot table in Microsoft Excel 2010 with the projects down the left (in the first column) and the days of the week along the top. Why? The...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Excel
    • Language: en-GB
  10. GoDaddy Apache cPanel: Install SSL Certificatehttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/godaddy-apache-cpanel-install-ssl-certificate.html?catid=111&Itemid=165

    An article to remind me how to install an SSL certificate with GoDaddy. Why? A quick reference for myself as I found that with GoDaddy, a purchased SSL certificate seems to require re-installing each year despite it's expiry in a couple years time. The...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: cPanel
    • Language: *
  11. SQL: Use CASE for Relevance columnhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/sql-use-case-for-relevance-column.html

    So this is a quick note to myself as I was playing with the relevance heuristics of a query. This example adds a column of relevance and sorts the rows accordingly. How? This has to be a real quick one for a dropdown search field which has to find...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: *
  12. PHP: First name and Initial of Surnamehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/php/php-first-name-and-initial-of-surname.html

    A note for myself on some code to convert a string of two names into a string made up of the first name and then using the initial of the second name. -- What I have John Smith Fred.Bloggs -- What I want John S. Fred B. How? So different ways, the first...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Personal Home Page
    • Language: en-GB
  13. MS Excel - Open CSV with Long Numbershttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ms-excel-open-csv-with-long-numbers.html?catid=110&Itemid=165

    This is a quick reminder for myself on opening a CSV in MS Excel but without converting long numbers into exponential notations (which are incorrectly rounded anyway). My Data: Account ID,Name,Phone,Record ID...

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