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  1. Basic Oracle Function Structurehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/oracle-pl-sql/basic-oracle-function-structure.html

    all with the aim to improve performance on some SSRS queries which accept either an ID number or an AD name as user parameters. Syntax: CREATE [OR REPLACE] FUNCTION function_name [ (parameter [,parameter]) ] RETURN return_datatype IS | AS...

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

    hoping will be quicker than a straightforward table join. Syntax CREATE [OR REPLACE] PROCEDURE stored_procedure_name [ (parameter [,parameter]) ] IS | AS [declaration_section] BEGIN executable_section [EXCEPTION exception_section] END...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Oracle PL/SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  3. 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

    a stored procedure which contains two select queries. The first query will retrieve a student ID number where the input parameter is the student's username. The second query will return data using the student ID number found in the first query. The...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Oracle PL/SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  4. Convert Past Date to Time Ago in PHPhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/php/convert-past-date-to-time-ago-in-php.html

    that do this perhaps better but this one I understand and can customize to fit my needs. This PHP function accepts as parameter a SQL date (or date format that strtotime() can convert) and outputs the largest unit (for example "1 year" not "1 year 2...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Personal Home Page
    • Language: en-GB
  5. SITS: Export field code and namehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/xml/sits-export-field-code-and-name.html

    Let's take the country of birth of a person as an example as it is expected to be a long list and where just using the parameter &S is not workable. Instead I want to use &G[] and get both the code and the lookup value: -- What I have: no export format...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Extensible Markup Language
    • Language: *
  6. Excel - Check a column for values found in another columnhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/excel-check-a-column-for-values-found-in-another-column.html?catid=110&Itemid=165

    true if the cell value is a number AND the cell data type is numeric. Search( is a case-insensitive search with the first parameter being the text to search for (can be a range) and the second the string to search (in this case a single cell value)....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Excel
    • Language: en-GB
  7. Change Regional Settings for your Reporthttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/change-regional-settings-for-your-report.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    Realised that this was actually specified in the report. Here's a quick note on how to set Dates and Times used in parameter fields to UK format (dd/MM/yyyy). You can override this in the report by: Go to Design Select the View tab Check that the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  8. SSRS Expand specific drilldown by defaulthttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-expand-specific-drilldown-by-default.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    open the report, each drilldown row is collapsed (as opposed to expanded). The user can specify the date as it's a report parameter. What we want The user will select a date. We want the report to open with the specified day expanded and the remaining...

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