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  1. SQL Queries for Statisticshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/sql-queries-for-statistics.html

    browser useragent (VisitorUAgent), the User ID (VisitorID, 0 if not logged in) and of course the Timestamp (DateTimeStamp). Here is a page of some MySQL queries I can do based on just those 5 columns: MediaWiki: number of unique guests, students and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: *
  2. Alternate row background colour in Reporting Serviceshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/alternate-row-background-colour-in-reporting-services.html

    you call this an MDX Query or part of a Transact-SQL mashup. You need to go to "Fill" (of each text box in the row - unless there's a faster way) and instead of color, click on the expression button (fx) and use the following: =IIF(RowNumber(Nothing)...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: *
  3. MySQL: Find records in one table that are not in another.https://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/mysql-find-records-in-one-table-that-are-not-in-another.html

    The Why So I find myself writing increasingly complex SQL scripts and it's at the stage where we need to optimize the queries because some scripts are noticeably slow (as observed by the customer...) and then others not. The What I'm going to run these...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  4. Room Availability Calendar in Business Intelligence Development Studiohttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/room-availability-calendar-in-business-intelligence-development-studio.html

    ALL --Add a record for every half-hour in the range (change based on slot times) SELECT DATEADD(MI, 30, [Time]) FROM Times WHERE Time...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: *
  5. Could not instantiate mail functionhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/could-not-instantiate-mail-function.html

    > Mailer settings). Alternate between PHPmail and sendmail just to check this isn't the problem. If the problem is still there then check the below: Tried both PHPmail and sendmail So if this happens irrespective of whether I have PHP mail or sendmail...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  6. MySQL parameters in Excel 2007 PivotTableshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/mysql-parameters-in-excel-2007-pivottables.html

    my bosses want - 7h 24m or 26640s is 1 person day)... With date range as parameters...ouch......and it was so easy up to here... Tables of interest StaffActivities...the one users recorded time gets stored in... Resources...the one with the codes...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  7. List MediaWiki Articleshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/mediawiki/list-mediawiki-articles.html

    is extra to your standard 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,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MediaWiki
    • Language: en-GB
  8. SSRS AlphaNumeric Parameter Validationhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-alphanumeric-validation.html

    level parameter check Add IIF in SSRS to confirm Database Level AlphaNumeric Check You may have better ways to do this but here are my database level checks for alphanumeric values: -- ORACLE -- 0 if is alphanumeric, 1 or more if not alpha numeric....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  9. MySQL: Display Users and Duration in Matrix Timesheethttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/mysql-display-users-and-duration-in-matrix-timesheet.html

    $user_list_query=" SELECT DISTINCT u.UserID, CONCAT(u.FirstName, ' ', u.LastName) AS 'Fullname' FROM Users u WHERE u.StatusType NOT IN ('expired','guest','test account') AND u.TeamID='$t_value' ORDER BY CONCAT(u.FirstName, ' ', u.LastName) "; Activity...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  10. Print Directory Contents to a Filehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/print-directory-contents-to-a-file.html

    A friend asked me if there was a quick way to simply right-click on a folder in Windows Explorer and it would generate a text file with the contents of the directory he right-clicked. What? We can do this by adding an entry to the context menu (when you...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: *
  11. Basic Joomla 2.5 Mootools Formhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/basic-joomla-25-mootools-form.html

    their support forums after the subscription period expires are on the rise. I'm going to annoy them all by posting solutions here: for Joomla 1.6.x - 2.5.x: Out-of-the-box template: -- add subfolder if this is not in the root of the domain: -- eg....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  12. Search a database with SOUNDEXhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/search-a-database-with-soundex.html

    limited in Sql Server 2008 R2 by 4000 characters in a variable (so I couldn't store it in a local variable). So the idea here is to run the below example which outputs a huge SQL query which you then copy & paste and run against your database. Step 1 of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: en-GB
  13. Battery Constantly Drained on iPhonehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/apple/battery-constantly-drained-on-iphone.html

    until red minus buttons appear, tap red button)... I wouldn't usually take notice but I think this is a brilliant example where trying to fix the problem is the very cause of the problem in the first place: The empty arrow next to the battery indicator...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Apple
    • Language: *
  14. JDatabase: using the Joomla database with exampleshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/jdatabase-using-the-joomla-database.html

    and 3.x. for Joomla 2.5.x Building Joomla lets you build up the queries which admittedly is cleaner and more organized. Here is a query which shows the building methods: // Get a db connection. $db = JFactory::getDbo(); // Create a new query object....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  15. SSIS Convert a string into a datehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssis/ssis-convert-a-string-into-a-date.html

    Error: Description: "Invalid character value for cast specification". Exceptions for text file where I needed two derived column tasks, the first checks if the Date was blank and puts a NULL string. The second takes this string and converts it to a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Integration Services
    • Language: en-GB
  16. Country Lookup by IP address CSVhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/country-lookup-by-ip-address.html

    for FREE from this site. Why? It's useful to have a CSV list of all the IP ranges and their allocated country. Our use here was to create a refreshable country by IP address list that we can use when parsing our website logs to check where visitors were...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: *
  17. Parse a HTML Table into a ListViewhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/html/parse-a-html-table-into-a-listview.html

    Why? I want a snippet of code that replicates any HTML table. How? I've been trying various ways so I'm posting them here. My opinions on them change with the weather so until I do some benchmarking I won't know which ones best: Method #1 This method...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Hypertext Markup Language
    • Language: en-GB
  18. Change the default Joomla Error templatehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/change-the-default-joomla-error-template.html

    to the "www.yoursitename.com". [Optional] If you want the image that creates the shadow you can download it here. I put it in the folder \templates\system\images.

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  19. Joes Syntax Styler (JSS)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-syntax-styler-jss.html?catid=40

    JavaScript frameworks (like jQuery and MooTools) conflicting with other scripts but do I really need a complex solution? So here I am making my own again. I wanted something really basic that simply lets me style content within the tags: Use PHP or...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Product Documentation
    • Language: *
  20. Reorder Columns in a Tablehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/reorder-columns-in-a-table.html

    Internet Explorer... Can't get it working? I use whatever is most useful and Google's Chrome is the fastest browser I have. Here are some ways to do this: Method: MySQL ALTER TABLE table_name MODIFY COLUMN misplaced_column AFTER other_column; NOTE that...

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