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  1. Windows Live Messenger: Error 80048820https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/windows-live-messenger-error-80048820.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    time server is ticked Select an option from the dropdown menu starting with the first Click on the Update now button Text will appear beneath the button If you get an error, then select a different server from the dropdown If you get the text The clock...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: en-GB
  2. Remove write-protect from USB pen in Windowshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/remove-write-protect-from-pen-in-windows.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    Show on Five.tv). Turns out this is an incredibly fragile pen. If files are being written to it and it gets nudged, this will corrupt the pen. BTW I don't use the "remove device safely" rubbish as my old pen never did and it was fine for over a year....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: en-GB
  3. Apple Magic Trackpad with Windows 11 Intelhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/apple-magic-trackpad-with-windows-11-intel.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    and Devices > Add Device > Switch trackpad off/on again and wait for it to appear > Connect to it by clicking on it... you will be able to move the cursor but no scrolling/swiping. Install 7-Zip (I'm aware there's a built-in compressor for Windows - but...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: *
  4. The ReportServer Databasehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/the-reportserver-database.html

    how do I get the milliseconds between start and end times instead of summing the remaining columns? Correction, sum will only give me the total time but what if a report has been run twice more often then another, then is it slower? Not necessarily....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: en-GB
  5. 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

    ** ** ** Parameters : ** ** - Value: the value you want to match on (eg. Customer_ID) ** ** - Column: the column name which will contain this value. ** ** ** ** Return Values : Table of three columns: ** ** - myValue: value specified in parameter 1...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: en-GB
  6. Restore MSSQL Error: Database is in usehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/restore-mssql-error-database-is-in-use.html

    From the Restrict Access option, select Single. If other users are connected to the database, an Open Connections message will appear. To change the property and close all other connections, click Yes. Restoring in SSMS, Right-click on the database...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: en-GB
  7. 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

    date as CONCAT(MONTHNAME(t1.Date), ' ', YEAR(t1.Date)) AS Month Solved by changing SQL statement 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...

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

    1 PDUHjRWJcb 1926-01-02 2 WRmNqQKxvuV 1969-03-14 3 nBCkAVDrvdhe 1968-05-05 4 RJDsFMaeNcLrcMWw 1964-08-08 How? Precursor You will need to be able to create the following view to generate random numbers on SQL Server. -- Drop the view if it already exists...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  9. T-SQL concatenate an incremental row numberhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/t-sql-concatenate-an-incremental-row-number.html

    an error which can only be seen when using more records and more employees. PARTITION BY So a sort of "group" action will allow this if we add "PARTITION BY" to the ROW_NUMBER() statement: SELECT q.Employee AS EmployeeNo, RIGHT('000' + CAST(q.Employee...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  10. Convert to Proper Case in T-SQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/convert-to-proper-case-in-t-sql.html

    case. The feed is originally for a personnel feed so it won't be converting long paragraphs of English text. Instead it will be applied to names and addresses as well as job titles and departments. Why? We wanted a T-SQL version despite having...

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

    to run a small query first to return the ID of the student, and then to use this number in a second query which we're hoping will be quicker than a straightforward table join. Syntax CREATE [OR REPLACE] PROCEDURE stored_procedure_name [ (parameter...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Oracle PL/SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  12. Data Randomization Function in Oracle PL/SQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/oracle-pl-sql/data-randomization-function-in-oracle-plsql.html

    This article describes a function that will return random data based on a given value. The function intends to determine the data type and return data that is absolutely irrelevant to the original data but the same length and the same type of data. Why?...

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

    systems and not as an invite for suggestions on how my business should be run. How? So there are a variety of solutions that will fix this. However we have certain restrictions in my work environment thanks partly to group policies: Need to run with...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Oracle PL/SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  14. 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

    on a button. We want to bring back the articles that aren't listed in the audit table (articles yet to be approved). So this will be based on the SQL query to get just your articles from your MediaWiki CMS: -- to get articles from MediaWiki CMS: Let's...

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

    system you were given. Given a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) where deleting some erroneous rows in one table will cause errors because the existence of those rows is stored in another table, how do we delete from all the related tables...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: *
  16. Access MySQL databases using Oracle SQL Developerhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/access-mysql-databases-using-oracle-sql-developer.html

    to manage mySQL databases over the years, all freeware until someone expresses an interest in using it and then the supplier will implement restrictions and trial based versions. Oracle SQL Developer is currently free at time of print (01-FEB-2013). I...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  17. Quickly update all content in mySQL database replacing a stringhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/quickly-update-all-content-replacing-a-string.html

    CONCAT('%',@stringtoFind,'%') You might get some errors talking about some empty rows but don't be deceived as the update will have happened anyway. Other Searches Search and Replace a string in a mySQL database.

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  18. mysqldump: Got error: 2049: Connection using old (pre-4.1.1) authentication protocol refused (client option 'secure_auth' enabled) when trying to connecthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/mysqldump-got-error-2049-connection-using-old-pre-4-1-1-authentication-protocol-refused-client-option-secure-auth-enabled-when-trying-to-connect.html

    before 6.0.7 • For versions after 6.0.7 Method #3 (Recommended): Do not use MySQL WorkBench!!! Seriously, your pride will slow you down or get you sacked! Instructions: Go to Google Search Search for "Free MySQL database manager" (preferably add...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: *
  19. Convert foreign characters to English alphabethttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/convert-foreign-characters-to-english-alphabet.html

    properly as it thinks "riviere" is different to "rivière". We need to ensure that a search for any of these kind of words will return results of similarly typed/sounding words. How? Here's just a splurge of SQL but I use this often enough: UPDATE...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: *
  20. MySQL: Count occurrences of words in a columnhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/mysql-count-occurrences-of-words-in-a-column.html

    the most frequently used words in a MySQL database column. How? Note this only applies to MySQL. So the following query will return a count of each word in your database column by order of most used first (replace 'mydbprefix_content' with the name of...

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