Convert to Proper Case in T-SQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/t-sql/convert-to-proper-case-in-t-sql.html

04 June 2014 How? You can search my site for how to do this in VB or C#. This version is entirely using T-SQL and we're going to use a function so no dynamic SQL (execute, evaluate). Method #1: First version This was my first attempt based on snippets around the...

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

Joes Word Cloud (JWC) Downloadhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-word-cloud-jwc-downloads.html?catid=92

07 September 2015 Label parameters in XML and language file review - Date Uploaded: Tue, 18th Mar 2014 3.2- Fixed Bug: Redeclare function issue when used multiple times - Date Uploaded: Mon, 17th Mar 2014 3.1- Backwards compatible with Joomla 2.5.x - Modified for Joomla...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Downloads
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Google Drive API v3 - OAuth2 using Service Account in PHP/JWThttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/google/google-drive-oauth-using-service-account-in-php.html

02 February 2019 $api['gapis']['drive']['files'] = 'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files'; 4. Declare a PHP function to send requests using cURL A standard function that is skipping the SSL checks and returns a PHP array function send_request($url, $header, $data,...

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

Zoho Deluge: Convert Xero Date (Unix Timestamp) to Standard Date Stringhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge-convert-xero-date-unix-timestamp-to-standard-date-string.html

04 May 2020 in Unix Timestamps. How? We're going to filter out the unix seconds from the date provided by Xero then apply a toTime() function to it. v_XeroTime="/Date(1586995200000+0000)/"; v_StartIndex = v_XeroTime.indexOf("(")+1; v_EndIndex =...

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

AutoHotkey: Get Media Information and Displayhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/automation/autohotkey/autohotkey-get-media-information-and-display.html

07 August 2020 the properties of sound files though this is also applicable to media files in general. How? So first I'm going to list a function I use called "Filexpro()", then list some examples of usage. And in the second-to-last section, I'll quickly convert a 100...

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

Zoho Deluge: Setup an API Connection for InvokeURLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge-setup-an-api-connection-for-invokeurl.html

12 August 2020 were making the connection): From within books (or inventory, subscriptions as these are simillar), go to edit a custom function and click on the "Connections" link to the top right of a function: If this is your first connection, simply click on the...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Zoho
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Zoho Creator / Shopify: Get all Active Productshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator-shopify-get-all-active-products.html

12 October 2021 This is an article to document a function used in Zoho Creator to retrieve the Product IDs of all the active products in a client's Shopify. Why? The use-case was that I wanted to search Shopify using a Product SKU. Community forums could only suggest...

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

ZohoCRM: Get All eBay Active Listingshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zohocrm-get-all-ebay-active-listings.html

01 March 2023 stock level and then use this data to synchronize with data held in Zoho Inventory... How? So we're going to use a ZohoCRM function to get this file which we can run on demand. Why not in Zoho Inventory or any other Zoho app? Because we like to...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Zoho
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ZohoBooks: Stripe Terminal Integrationhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zohobooks-stripe-terminal-integration.html

16 March 2023 would create a button for each terminal /* ******************************************************************************* Function: Map Take_Payment( Map invoice, Map organization, Map user) Label: Take Payment Trigger: On button click Purpose: Preps...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Zoho
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ZohoDeluge: Check Shipment Status via DHL APIhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zohodeluge-check-shipment-status-via-dhl-api.html

21 March 2023 A quick note here on how to connect to the DHL API and check on a package given a tracking number. Why? In our megafunction to generate a customer, a product/item, a sales order, an invoice, a package slip/delivery note, a shipment order; as well as...

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

ZohoDesk & ZohoAnalytics: Display Ticket Attachments in Analytics Reporthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zohodesk-zohoanalytics-display-ticket-attachments-in-analytics-report.html

05 December 2023 Edit" Execute On: Create, Edit, Customer Reply No Criteria Under 4. Actions, I click on "All Actions" and select "Custom Functions" Click on the Plus icon alongside this, scroll down to "Custom Functions" and click on "New" I give it the function name...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Zoho
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Zoho Deluge: Using Remove Key on a Map and Copying Record Tagshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge-using-remove-key-on-a-map.html

03 March 2025 to a deal record. Why? Anything that stumps me for 30 minutes is worth writing a quick article on. In this case, I had a function querying tags on a contact record which needed to be copied to a deal record. I wanted to copy over the tag but apparently,...

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

Zoho CRM: Remove Duplicate Product Recordshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm-remove-duplicate-product-records.html

07 March 2025 and contacts but not for products. How? There may be a better way of doing this. What I'm trying to have is a generic function that will work on any CRM and possibly be quick to adapt to a module other than products. This function will also try to...

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

ZohoCRM GetRelatedRecords INVALID_DATAhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zohocrm-getrelatedrecords-invalid_data.html

30 January 2025 records. Consider the following code: /* ******************************************************************************* Function: string standalone.fn_Deal_UpdateRelatedToCancelled() Label: Fn - Customer Deals - Cancel Related Records Trigger:...

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

Zoho Creator: isBlank and isNull: Before or After?https://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator-isblank-and-isnull-before-or-after.html

10 February 2025 can be used to check if the string only contains blanks or if a value is null... How? Consider the following test function: void fn_Test() { info "---------------------- Value of TEST is a BLANK String"; v_Test = ""; if(isBlank(v_Test)) { info "isBlank...

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

Formatting a date in an MDX queryhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/t-sql/formatting-a-date-in-an-mdx-query.html

11 January 2011 I'd add a note as I was getting confused with the built-in function "FormatDateTime()". The example is shown as: =FormatDateTime(Fields!BirthDate.Value, DateFormat.ShortDate) The other formats are: =FormatDateTime(Fields!BirthDate.Value,...

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

Developer's Checklist: Taking over a projecthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/developers-checklist-taking-over-a-project.html

01 March 2011 Anything that still needs addressing?) System Requirements (in case you need to transfer/move to another server) Critical functions used in the system? (do this yourself anyway and use theirs as a guide only) Site Authentication Method(s) (will this...

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

List all cron jobs for all usershttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/linux/list-all-cron-jobs-for-all-users.html

04 May 2011 job lines, replace # whitespace characters with a single space, and remove any spaces from the # beginning of each line. function clean_cron_lines() { while read line ; do echo "${line}" | egrep --invert-match '^($|\s*#|\s*[[:alnum:]_]+=)' | sed...

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

AutoHotkey Format Date and Format Secondshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/automation/autohotkey/autohotkey-format-date-and-format-seconds.html

20 September 2011 you can tell these are my messed up functions that convert dates into seconds and vice-versa. They're a little disorganised but they're the ones I copy and paste to my scripts then modify. In it's straightforward form FormatTime( TimeString, Format ) {...

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

Basic Oracle Stored Procedure Structurehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/pl-sql/basic-oracle-stored-procedure-structure.html

16 January 2012 For a basic Oracle function, visit my article Basic Oracle Function Structure. For a more advanced version which uses cursors to work with SSRS, see my article Oracle Stored Procedures in SSRS. What? I asked someone for a simple, easy and basic Oracle...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Oracle PL/SQL
• Language: en-GB