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  1. Android OS: Add GoogleMap as fragmenthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/app-dev/android-os/android-os-add-googlemap-as-fragment.html

    to launch a new intent... I wanted to change my previous example so that the homepage of the app (the starting page) will simply display a button to the map (in case of offline mode or incompatibility with the device). How? In this example, I'm going to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: AndroidOS
    • Language: *
  2. SSIS Skip Rows in Excel Source filehttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssis-skip-rows-in-excel-source-file.html?catid=74&Itemid=165

    on how to skip rows or even specify a range to extract from the Excel file when using as the DataSource. Why? If you are simply using a text file as your data source, then the options in the connection manager will let you skip rows and specify column...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Integration Services
    • Language: en-GB
  3. 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

    error the flow. Solution Found!!! Taking the idea that the Carriage Return (CR) or Line Feeds (LF) are being inserted, simply extract the entire row as a column and trim it. I separate out the first column as my index/key field so I can check if this is...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Integration Services
    • Language: en-GB
  4. 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

    Well almost as you still need to design your report. At least this article should have got you to the part where you're simply specifying what data displays where. It took me 4 days to figure this out then document it. Here's to hoping that this saves...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  5. SSRS Stop Scrolling Behindhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-stop-scrolling-behind.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    comprising of a single Tablix which contained the images of the corners and sides of the report. It looked beautiful if simply displayed on a single page (the top half of the page) as long as the end-user doesn't scroll. If the page was scrolled, what...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  6. Include a carriage return in a column headinghttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/include-a-carriage-return-in-a-column-heading.html?catid=78&Itemid=165

    return] but to do this in the name of the column heading, the answer is a much simpler one, in your SQL statement, simply place your cursor where you want the carriage return and press Return/Enter. This has to be a label to the name of the column...

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

    A friend asked me if there was a quick way to simply right-click on a folder in Windows Explorer and it would generate a text file with the contents of the directory he right-clicked. What? We can do this by adding an entry to the context menu (when you...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: *
  8. Search a database for a string (MySQL, T-SQL)https://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/search-a-database-for-a-string-mysql-t-sql.html

    and the fields to modify similar to an excel spreadsheet. Now without using PHP, I need standalone SQL scripts that can simply be used to search an entire database for a particular string of word(s). I've posted my own as well as some others I've lifted...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: en-GB
  9. Search a database with SOUNDEXhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/search-a-database-with-soundex.html

    END Step 2 of 2 You now have a big SELECT query which you can copy, paste and run against your SQL database. Simply run the query that the above outputted and you should get something like the following: Value Source Count -------...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: en-GB
  10. Copy a table with structure and data into a temporary tablehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/copy-a-table-with-structure-and-data-into-a-temporary-table.html

    (or at least the idea of): SELECT * INTO #MyTempTable FROM @GivenTable If @GivenTable is a parameter then the above will simply return an error. Also, if it was this easy, I wouldn't need to post this note on my website. Thinking outside of the box...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  11. DataScramble - Randomizing data rowshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/datascramble-randomizing-data-rows.html

    and DataTumble procedure which also help scramble database tables sent to suppliers/developers, this is a function which simply finds random characters and inserts these. I would recommend using the DataTumble script over this one as this leaves data...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  12. T-SQL Conversion failed when converting the varchar to data type inthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/t-sql-conversion-failed-when-converting-the-varchar-to-data-type-int.html

    ) AS MatchingRecordsCount FROM DMExtractEmployeeTable1 e1 LEFT JOIN DMExtractReferenceTable r1 ON e1.CodeType=r1.MapIn So simply change the "=" to a "LIKE". Scenario #2 So when the above has been addressed or we've tried casting as varchars all over the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  13. 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

    display a "No data found" message when no rows are returned. This does not affect the above problem as the stored procedure simply fails and discontinues processing the overall report. How? Browsing the web for a solution, most suggest using NVL() but...

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

    been asked why aren't all our Oracle databases the same version? It's due to the fact that these aren't our databases, we simply help support them. You say less than ideal, I say realistic. Quit complaining about processes and management and instead...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Oracle PL/SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  15. Merge the content of two similar tables in MySQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/merge-the-content-of-two-similar-tables-in-mysql.html

    know, the alias "AS" is optional in MySQL (think it's optional for most SQL forms). I found that to add further tables, simply start with another "UNION ALL" clause with a note to give the 3rd table a different alias to the 2nd (so "C" instead of "B"):...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  16. MySQL parameters in Excel 2007 PivotTableshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/mysql-parameters-in-excel-2007-pivottables.html

    work. The last date of this week was: =DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())-WEEKDAY(TODAY())+2)+7-1 Note how I'm simply adding 7 to the start of the week date (subtract 1 so this is not inclusive). Crude solution but it works in Excel 2007 Now...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  17. Generate Academic Calendar using MySQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/generate-academic-calendar-using-mysql.html

    ORDER BY acyear.StartDate DESC LIMIT 0,1 ) ORDER BY calendar.weekNumber For those of you who are familiar with this, I am simply using an alternative to the DATE_FORMAT() function in mySQL. Should yield: AcademicWeek Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri CalendarWeek...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  18. Delete related records from multiple tableshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/delete-related-records-from-multiple-tables.html

    February 1st 2013 -- and all related records (linked by ID) in relevant tables. Delete from specific tables but not all Simply don't refer to the table after the DELETE clause. Rather straightforward but I got this answer from StackOverflow. Based on...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: *
  19. What's the problem? Amusing computer issueshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/whats-the-problem-amusing-computer-reports.html

    had obviously designed the template to work in one browser only: Internet Explorer version 7. The marketing web-gurus were simply using different browsers. The project leader was on IE7, while their designer was on an Apple Mac using Safari, and a third...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Web-Development
    • Language: *
  20. Display Feeds to major Social Networkshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/display-feeds-to-major-social-networks.html

    cost. This is read-only so actual editing of the feed would be done on the respective social network's site. How: This simply displays the feed... (no write back) Facebook Replace https://www.facebook.com/myfacebookpage with your facebook URL and...

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