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  1. List MediaWiki Articleshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/mediawiki/list-mediawiki-articles.html

    MediaWiki setup and one that was customized for my day job). Thought I already had this somewhere on my site, so it took a while again but I've posted my finished query here: The base query to list mediawiki articles Page ID, Title, Content, Category...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MediaWiki
    • Language: en-GB
  2. Android Java: Remove first two entries from Google News feed in SimpleRssReaderhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/app-dev/android-os/android-java-remove-first-two-entries-from-google-news-feed-in-simplerssreader.html

    null, "rss"); String title = null; String link = null; String date = null; String desc = null; List items = new ArrayList(); while (parser.next() != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) { if (parser.getEventType() != XmlPullParser.START_TAG) { continue; } String...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: AndroidOS
    • Language: *
  3. Android: Keytool and Google Maps displaying greyhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/app-dev/android-os/android-keytool-and-google-maps-displaying-grey.html

    below serves as a checklist to ensure I don't release an app that only displays maps to myself (again). Why? This took me a while to figure out so hopefully this will help others. How? The gist is that I was using the Test SHA1 when adding allowed...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: AndroidOS
    • Language: *
  4. Transferring Apps (purchases) from iPhone 4s to 5s on a Windows PChttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/app-dev/ios/transferring-apps-purchases-from-iphone-4s-to-5s-on-a-windows-pc.html

    the phone and finishing on the "Get Started" (including Touch ID). Ensure your old phone's iOS is fully updated. (I did this while the phone was NOT connected to the computer, ie via the Settings > General > Software > Update option) Right-click on your...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: iOS
    • Language: *
  5. 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

    TextInfo textInfo = cultureInfo.TextInfo; if (!buffer.EndOfRowset) { // loop through each row while (buffer.NextRow()) { rowCount++; // loop through each column for (int x = 0; x...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Integration Services
    • Language: en-GB
  6. Report Builder 2.0 - Hide Series1https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/report-builder-20-hide-series1.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    person doing most of the jobs suddenly left or moved to another team. To exclude the rest and only show "Series1" Took me a while to figure this out but modify the above statement along the lines of SELECT _SMDBA_.Incident.[Incident #]...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  7. Alternate row background colour in Reporting Serviceshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/alternate-row-background-colour-in-reporting-services.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    This is just a note for me as it took a while to find on the net and even then it was confusing as to why it works but it does. Not sure whether you call this an MDX Query or part of a Transact-SQL mashup. You need to go to "Fill" (of each text box in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: *
  8. SSRS Parameters in Oracle Stored Procedurehttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-parameters-in-oracle-stored-procedure.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    storing a note here because it took a while to figure out and googling other solutions did not answer our questions but did lead us to a workaround. So this is regarding an error when trying to add parameters to a Stored Procedure of an Oracle database...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  9. Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x8DE00005https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/windows-live-mail-error-id-0x8de00005.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    complete as per the image below (changing the log-on username to your own): The downloading of all your folders will take a while so don't panic if you find empty folders. Doing a 'send/receive' will bring up the dialog showing its progress. Source:...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: en-GB
  10. Windows OS: Alt Codes / Symbols / Special Charactershttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/windows-os-alt-codes-symbols-special-characters.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    left of the spacebar and not the Alt Gr often found on the right of the spacebar) then press the numbers in the numeric pad (while still holding down the ALT key), then let go of the ALT key. Remember: This will not work with the numbers at the top of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: *
  11. Search a database with SOUNDEXhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/search-a-database-with-soundex.html

    COUNT(t1.column_value) AS Count FROM ( '; -- Iterate through cursor1 OPEN Cursor1 FETCH NEXT FROM Cursor1 INTO @SqlToExecute WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN IF @myCounter=0 PRINT @SqlToExecute; ELSE PRINT ' union all ' + @SqlToExecute; SET @myCounter =...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: en-GB
  12. Search a database for a value and count matching rowshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/search-a-database-for-a-value-and-count-matching-rows.html

    myTable varchar(max), myCount int); -- Iterate through cursor1 OPEN Cursor1 FETCH NEXT FROM Cursor1 INTO @TableToProcess WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN SET @SqlToExecute = ' SELECT DISTINCT ' + CAST(@p_Value AS VARCHAR) + ', ''' + @TableToProcess + ''',...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: en-GB
  13. DataJumble - Shuffling characters in a data valuehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/data-shuffling-function.html

    AS VARCHAR(30)))), 1, LEN(@OrigVal)); END ELSE BEGIN -- Loop through the characters passed WHILE @LoopCt

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  14. 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

    I needed the following stored procedure (or part of). What? This will copy a given table into a temporary table all the while maintaining the structure and data. Thinking inside of the box I think everyone suggests the following (or at least the idea...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  15. Stored Procedure to List Distinct Values and Countshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/stored-procedure-to-list-distinct-values-and-counts.html

    myColumn varchar(max), myCount int); -- Iterate through cursor1 OPEN Cursor1 FETCH NEXT FROM Cursor1 INTO @ColToProcess WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN SET @SqlToExecute = ' SELECT DISTINCT ' + LTRIM(@ColToProcess) + ' COLLATE ' + @p_UseCollation + ',...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  16. DataTumble - Randomize Data Rowshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/datatumble-randomize-data-rows.html

    CURSOR OUTPUT', @UpdateCursor OUTPUT SELECT @NumberLeft = SUM(1) FROM #Scramble FETCH NEXT FROM @UpdateCursor INTO @Data WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN -- OPEN RandomID SET @random = CEILING(RAND()* CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX),@NumberLeft) ) SELECT @ChosenID =...

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

    1, LEN(@OrigVal)); END ELSE BEGIN IF ISNUMERIC(@OrigVal)=1 BEGIN SET @NewVal = ''; -- Loop through the characters passed WHILE @LoopCt

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  18. T-SQL: Parse an XML valuehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/t-sql-parse-an-xml-value.html

    This took me a while to find so I've posted an article below detailing how to parse or extract values from a string containing XML code. Why? I'm working with a system which stores XML strings in a database and rather than a separate file, it stores...

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

    Yes by far. Fast, quick to setup and a big fat refresh button for the executives. SQL query returns individual items while Excel allows drag and drop grouping/drilldown pivot tables. Have managed to get this working with SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  20. Background Gradient Disappears on Long Pageshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/css/background-disappears-on-long-pages.html

    contents background disappears and reveals the overall background (blue) making the text very hard to read. Why? Took me a while to figure out what was the problem, I'd visit some pages and they'd be fine, but when visiting a long page, it would...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Cascading Stylesheets
    • Language: *
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