Difference between two dates - the midnight hourhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/difference-between-two-dates-the-midnight-hour.html

06 April 2011 of the midnight hour... Now bear in mind the below is in European date format Consider the following: Date Customer Time From Time To Hours ---------- --------------- --------------- ---------------- -------------- 04/03/2011 Tweedle Dee 10:00 12:00...

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Importing Joomla articles to WordPress postshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/wordpress/importing-joomla-articles-to-wordpress-posts.html

16 August 2011 '?p=', id) AS guid, '0' menu_order, 'post' AS 'post_type', '' post_mime_type, 0 comment_count FROM my_joomla_db.jos_content ORDER BY id Importing the joomla categories to Wordpress: (still to do: sections as parent categories?) SET...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Wordpress
• Language: en-GB

MySQL parameters in Excel 2007 PivotTableshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/mysql-parameters-in-excel-2007-pivottables.html

24 August 2011 5 THEN 'Saturday' ELSE 'Sunday' END AS ActivityDay, DATE(s.DateTimeCreated) AS ActivityDate, MIN(s.DateTimeCreated) AS DataFrom, MAX(s.EstimateTimeFinish) AS DataTo, SEC_TO_TIME(SUM(TIME_TO_SEC(s.EstimateTimeFinish) - TIME_TO_SEC(s.DateTimeCreated))) AS...

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

Performance Report - Background colors based on dataset valueshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/green-red-background-colors-based-on-dataset-values.html

02 December 2011 like: The DataSet This should work on your reporting server as well. I'm using the database "ReportServer". select * from ( SELECT TOP 1 c.[Name] AS [ReportName] , e.[ReportID] AS [ReportID] , e.[TimeStart] AS [TimeStamp] , e.[Parameters] AS...

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

SSRS Dropdown parameter cannot be blank!https://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-dropdown-to-allow-blank-values.html

14 December 2011 with a custom null entry and the end-user will be none the wiser. OLD: Dataset to populate the dropdown SELECT Name, ItemID FROM Catalog WHERE Type = 2 ORDER BY Name ASC NEW: Dataset to populate the dropdown SELECT d1.Name, d1.ItemID FROM ( SELECT Name,...

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

Search a database with SOUNDEXhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/search-a-database-with-soundex.html

11 October 2012 on original value. ** ** ** ** Issues : ** ** Will pick up variations with trailing spaces but this is not easily recognized from the results ** ** ** ** Only finds the first table_name.column_name where the match occurred (ordered alphabetically). **...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Databases
• Language: en-GB

Split a row into multiple rows based on a column valuehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/t-sql/split-a-row-into-multiple-rows-based-on-a-column-value.html

23 August 2013 2 rows for that date for the same employee in the new system. What we have: SELECT EmployeeNo , DaysOffSick , DateOfSickness FROM Employees_Attendance_Table -- yields EmployeeNo DaysOffSick DateOfSickness -------------- -------------- ----------------...

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

Compare two databases using T-SQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/t-sql/compare-two-databases-using-t-sql.html

24 September 2013 use it... How? Well I started with the method #1 listed here and then just built on this. Method #1 I got this first query from the awesome site that is StackOverflow: SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS Run this command against both databases and...

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

A quick run through of setting up an export process in SITShttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/xml/a-quick-run-through-of-setting-up-an-export-process-in-sits.html

21 August 2014 below will use the Decision/date and Response/date fields (rather than the CAP_IDRC). This demo will use the key fields from the Course Application (CAP) entity/table. Create the XML Exchange Template (XET) The XET will give me an idea of what the...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Extensible Markup Language
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Import Excel CSV file as JavaScript arrayhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/excel/import-excel-csv-file-as-javascript-array.html

05 October 2015 I have: A CSV file exported from Excel along with double-quotes label1,label2 item1a,item2a item1c,"item2c,c" item1b,item2b What I want: To read the file (stored on the server) and convert to a JavaScript array of objects var my_object_array = [ {...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Excel
• Language: en-GB

Zoho Creator: Receive JSON via a Shopify Webhookhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator-receive-json-via-a-shopify-webhook.html

15 July 2021 This is an article to document how to receive a JSON response from a webhook created in Shopify. See my article: Zoho Deluge: Push Item to Shopify API if you want information on setting up an integration from Zoho Creator to Shopify API. Why? In this...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Zoho
• Language: *

Zoho Creator: Receive eBay Order Notifications via Webhookhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator-receive-ebay-order-notifications-via-webhook.html

20 September 2021 a fixed price item. This uses the Trading API even though I'm aiming for the Platform Notifications API... Why? A follow on from my article Zoho Creator: Push to eBay Listings. I have a Creator app that needs to receive the orders from an eBay account...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Zoho
• Language: *

Zoho CRM: Manage a subform using Client Scripthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm-manage-a-subform-using-client-script.html

09 December 2022 an "End Date" specified (blank or not). console.log("Joel Lipman - 20221018 -------------------------"); // get some values from the current record var v_CurrencyCode = ZDK.Page.getField('Currency').getValue(); var v_ConsultantLocation =...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Zoho
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Joel's Reference to MidJourney v4 Promptshttps://www.joellipman.com/graphic-design/joel-s-guide-to-midjourney-prompts.html

11 February 2023 So this is an article for me to store prompts for the MidJourney AI text-2-image discord tool. Why? The results from the MidJourney bot are beyond unpredictable however with the correct prompts you can direct it to focus on the elements you want from a...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Graphic Design
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Zoho CRM & Zoho Sign: Send CRM Merged Template for Zoho Signhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm-zoho-sign-send-crm-merged-template-for-zoho-sign.html

06 August 2024 article on this website but the article below documents the full process to create a button that will map the values/fields from the record into a CRM Mail Merge template and send it off for signing, then return the Signed document attached to the...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Zoho
• Language: *

MacOs: Transcribe Training Video using OpenAI Whisperhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/apple/macos-transcribe-training-video-using-openai-whisper.html

23 June 2025 it transcribed by a locally installed AI on a MacOS (running Sequoia 15.1.1). Why? Needed for training videos as a follow-on from my article on how to download videos from a session on TrainerCentralSite.com. How? OpenAI's ChatGPT doesn't like more than...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Apple
• Language: *

Oracle: order by subquery missing right parenthesishttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/pl-sql/oracle-order-by-subquery-missing-right-parenthesis.html

05 December 2013 A quick note on how I got round one this one. Why? Often enough, our requirement is that the latest record from another table is associated with the current row, and often enough we get the latest by ordering the dataset of the subquery. In T-SQL and...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Oracle PL/SQL
• Language: *

ZohoCRM Webhook: Create ZohoInventory Records from an eBay orderhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zohocrm-webhook-create-zohoinventory-records-from-an-ebay-order.html

27 April 2023 What? This is a not-so-quick article that queries an eBay order and creates the relevant ZohoInventory item, contact, sales order, package slip, shipment order, invoice, payment records... Why? I'm storing this here as a reference and taking the bits...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Zoho
• Language: *

What can MAGA’s do to stop Biden from cheating again?https://www.joellipman.com/articles/_other-misc/jokes/what-can-maga’s-do-to-stop-biden-from-cheating-again.html

28 August 2024 A guy goes to a bar and is served by a robot bartender. The robot says, "What'll you have?" and the guy says, "A martini." He then gets the best martini he's ever tasted. The robot says, "What's your IQ?" The guy says, "167." The robot proceeds to chat...

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• Category: Jokes
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Link to a Joomla article from within another articlehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/link-to-a-joomla-article-from-within-another-article.html

04 December 2012 What? Quick article here as googling/binging for how to refer to Joomla articles after versions 1.5.x wasn't obvious. This article is to demonstrate how to write the webaddress for a Joomla article even when you have Search-engine-friendly website...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Joomla
• Language: en-GB