SSRS Hide results table if emptyhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-hide-results-table-if-empty.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

29 March 2011 this I would have called this article "Iteration within SQL Server Reporting Services Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) version 2008 through combining Transact-SQL and MDX expressions" but boy what a mouthful, and it's not really iterating...

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

SSRS Querying on either of 2 Parametershttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-querying-on-either-of-2-parameters.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

19 July 2011 with a single SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS 2008 R2) report. We're using Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS VS2008) with Team Foundation Server (TFS VS2010) and connecting to an Oracle database (ie. "seamless integration because our...

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

SSRS Parameters in Oracle Stored Procedurehttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-parameters-in-oracle-stored-procedure.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

02 September 2011 line 114 ORA-06512: at line 1 (System.Data.OracleClient) The Situation I'm using Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 to develop a Reporting solution on a Windows XP workstation. We are connecting to a SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Service...

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

SSRS External Images don't displayhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-external-images-dont-display.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

19 September 2011 is available to anonymous users - eg. Google Logo). Our Setup Windows XP Workstation Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 (BIDS) SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Server (SSRS) running on Windows Server 2003 Team Foundation Server 2010 (TFS) Problem...

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

How to Display Report Execution Time in SSRS (milliseconds)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/how-to-display-report-execution-time-in-ssrs.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

17 November 2011 Deploy the report to the SSRS Run the report from MS Internet Explorer Check results using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) My test results showed that in fact my time was closer to the "TimeProcessing" field of the ReportServer database,...

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

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

19 January 2012 on the net are either half-complete or partially documented. So here goes... Using Business Intelligence Development Studio v2008 (BIDS) SQL Server Reporting Services v2008 R2 (SSRS) Oracle SQL Developer v3 (you can use any equivalent, eg. SQL*Plus)...

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

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

07 July 2014 data, it will retain the carriage return in the column headings. Additional: Only appears obvious in SQL Server Management Studio resultset. Remember to format the cells (column headings) in the Excel spreadsheet for it to wrap text and save the file....

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server
• Language: *

How to change local folder for TFShttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/how-to-change-local-folder-for-tfs.html?catid=79&Itemid=165

08 March 2012 I installed Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 (BIDS) and connected it to a Team Foundation Server 2010 (TFS) instance and set my working local folder to my home directory. When the rest of my colleagues installed it however, they decided to...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Team Foundation Server
• Language: *

Create Read-Only Database User in SQL Serverhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/create-read-only-database-user-in-sql-server.html

09 November 2010 describes how to setup a database user with read-only access to the AdventureWorks database. Using SQL Server Management Studio 2008: Connect to your database server. Expand Security > Logins. Right-click on the user who will be set as having read-only...

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

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

13 July 2010 would happen in Report Builder 2.0 which I've stopped using as my day job wants us to use Business Intelligence Development Studio for all our SQL Server Analysis Service (SSAS) and Reporting Service (SSRS) projects/solutions. The features and interface...

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

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

06 January 2011 to t1.Date AS Month This will return the SQL date but using your report builder 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...

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

T-SQL DateTimestampshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/t-sql-datetimestamps.html

23 March 2011 setup Windows XP SP3 MS SQL Server Management Studio 2008 SQL Server 2008 R2 Regional Setting: London BST (British Summer Time) Tuesday the 11th of October 2011 at 06:00am: CONVERT(CHAR(19), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 0) Oct 11 2011 6:00AM CONVERT(CHAR(8),...

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

Drop If Object Existshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/drop-if-object-exists.html

03 August 2012 Some people have been suggesting you can use "CREATE OR REPLACE... VIEW... FUNCTION" but my SQL Server 2008 Management Studio doesn't like this and refuses to understand what I'm trying to do. Why? As this data seemed to be across various websites, I...

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

Access MySQL databases using Oracle SQL Developerhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/access-mysql-databases-using-oracle-sql-developer.html

01 February 2013 job so the Oracle SQL developer is already a pre-approved software for our work computers. We have SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) as well for our SQL Server instances but it wasn't practical to link this to mySQL databases. How? So this is how I...

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

SSIS: Cannot open Data Flow Task: DTS.Pipeline.2 issuehttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssis-cannot-open-data-flow-task-dts-pipeline-2-issue.html?catid=74&Itemid=165

09 June 2014 and the creation name "DTS.Pipeline.2" is not registered for use on this computer Why? We use a combination of MS Visual Studio 2008, 2010 and 2012. VS2008 for our old SSIS packages and VS2010 for database solutions running against SQL Server 2008 R2....

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

SSRS Expand specific drilldown by defaulthttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-expand-specific-drilldown-by-default.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

23 February 2011 2000 or SQL Server 2005. This is how to do it in SQL Server 2008 and creating a report in Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) or MS Report Builder. Scenario I have a report that specifies some room bookings for a particular week. When I open...

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

SSRS - Lost window with datasetshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-lost-window-with-datasets.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

25 March 2011 Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 Often happens to me and not sure why. You open the project and the window panel for the Report Data containing the parameters and datasets isn't there. I spent a bit of time enabling/disabling toolbars...

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

SSRS Templates in BIDS 2008https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-templates-in-bids-2008.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

01 April 2011 for all reports. File > Save selected item as... For SSRS 2008: Save in the folder: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\ProjectItems\ReportProject" Done!

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

SSRS Repeat Headers in PDF Reporthttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-repeat-headers-in-pdf-report.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

26 October 2011 The same happens when I run this on the Reporting Server. My Setup - XP Workstation - Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 (BIDS) - SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 (SSRS) - PDF generated to a Windows File Share The Fix Click on the down...

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

Reminder on SSRS row separatorhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/reminder-on-ssrs-row-seperator.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

26 October 2011 Setup XP SP3 Workstation Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 (BIDS) SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 (SSRS) What do I want? I have a report displaying room bookings. Each row lists the day, date, room name, start/finish times, booking...

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