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 Thought 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,...

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

Sort order a dropdown list in MS InfoPath without programminghttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/infopath/sort-order-a-dropdown-list-in-ms-infopath-without-programming.html

21 July 2011 elements in different orders. If you haven't made a dropdown list yet There's other instructions out there on the web but I thought I'd put what I did so that when I did the above it would all work: Open your form in InfoPath Go into Design mode Go to...

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

Zoho Creator: Create a Widget which uses JavaScripthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator-create-a-widget-which-uses-javascript.html

24 October 2020 any of your code. How? As someone who's been using Zoho services and programming in Zoho Deluge for a few years now, even I thought of Zoho Widgets as a daunting task. But after doing some, I realize this is actually very quick to do and much easier...

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

ZohoCreator: Using .toFile and Uploading to a Creator fieldhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zohocreator-using-tofile-and-uploading-to-a-creator-field.html

25 March 2024 file for use by a dynamic auto-suggester dropdown; one of those fancy ones that includes photos and a bit of fuzzy logic. I thought I could simply update the field with the new file but as I'm not downloading it, this is apparently not the process. How?...

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

ZohoCRM: Make either Mobile or Email mandatoryhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zohocrm-make-either-mobile-or-email-mandatory.html

03 October 2024 can't select the same field in a third layout rule... Easy without coding and probably everyone figures this one out but I thought I'd add it here as I thought it was pretty cool.

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

Setting a rocket theme background to fixedhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/setting-a-rocket-theme-background-to-fixed.html

06 September 2009 You can probably find this information of the rocket theme forum but I thought I'd put how I resolved this here. The issue is basically that you want the background to stay in its position in the browser while the rest of the elements scroll about. Go...

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

Applying a button and centering it in the RocketTheme Affinity templatehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/applying-a-button-and-centering-it-in-the-rockettheme-affinity-template.html

15 September 2009 This took me a while to do so I thought I'd document it for future reference. The Issue See the restore default setting link at the bottom of this page in the footer? I wanted to put one of the styled buttons behind it but then found that there's a lot...

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

Database Error: Unable to connect to the database: Could not connect to MySQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/database-error-unable-to-connect-to-the-database-could-not-connect-to-mysql.html

25 September 2009 Obviously something is not right. I am searching the forums for an answer and if I don't find one I'll repost. I just thought I'd share this with you in case this your problem too. Source: Joomla Forum:...

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

Windows 7 Aero Featureshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/windows-7-aero-features.html

27 April 2010 Thought I'd put something here as a lot of my clients and friends are all surprised by the Aero features and weren't aware that these existed in Windows Vista (and originally from Linux variants). Sometimes you may only have partial Aero effects. This...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: en-GB

Webdeveloper-Speakhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/webdeveloper-speak.html

13 July 2010 I don't usually write an article on another site but I came across it and rather than just add it to my weblinks section, I thought I'd give it a little more credit. "Motive is a web design and development agency based in Wellington, New Zealand...

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

RokDownloads Manager does not list fileshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/rokdownloads-manager-does-not-list-files.html

28 October 2010 middle of writing a component that will hopefully comprise bug-tracking and download management all in one. Until then, I thought I'd STFW (google) this issue and post a solution considering that even RocketTheme don't want to share this solution unless...

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

Accessing a MySQL Database with Business Intelligence Development Studiohttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/accessing-a-mysql-database-with-business-intelligence-development-studio.html

05 January 2011 SQL Server Management Studio and would not recommend anyone to go through the same rubbish. I just took a step back and thought this through and this is what I came up with! Additional The above will all work if you're working on a local report within...

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

Returned a data type that is not validhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/t-sql/returned-a-data-type-that-is-not-valid.html

06 January 2011 Thought I'd put a note on this error. Bearing in mind that this is a general data type error and not just because I tried to convert a date in SQL format to a Month name. An error occurred during local report processing. An error has occurred during...

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

Room with a view E.M. Forsterhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/_other-misc/room-with-a-view-em-forster.html

04 February 2011 Taking a break from website migrations. Thought I'd share some thoughts I was reminiscing of: "We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a...

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

URL passed settings in Reporting Serviceshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/url-passed-settings-in-reporting-services.html

11 February 2011 Thought I'd put a note on how to remove the toolbar using the URL as I didn't find this clear on the net. Tried it and it didn't work. That's because I was using the Reporting Manager URL rather than the Reporting Server URL. Note: Change "" to the name...

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

SSRS Querying on either of 2 Parametershttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-querying-on-either-of-2-parameters.html

19 July 2011 Server (TFS VS2010) and connecting to an Oracle database (ie. "seamless integration because our setup is perfect and well thought through" not - note the DBMS is not hugely relevant for the purposes of this article). The end-user must be able to search...

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

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

22 September 2011 AccessLevel (note that AccessLevel 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...

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

SSRS Zero Paddinghttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-zero-padding.html

10 November 2011 can just click on this link and it would take them to http://ora-00201.ora-code.com/. The Padding Found this in a forum so thought I'd better make a note: Right("00000" & Fields!ERROR_CODE.Value.ToString, 5) -- "Right()" to say extract text from the...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: *

Migrate JComments from Joomla 1.5.x to Joomla 2.5.xhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/migrate-jcomments-from-joomla-15x-to-joomla-25x.html

07 June 2012 Thought I'd add the migration script I've been using to test my JComments migration from my Joomla CMS site version 1.5.20 to Joomla CMS site version 2.5.6. DISCLAIMER I do not work for either Joomla or JoomlaTune (Jcomments) This script is provided as...

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

Sync Outlook 2007 Shared Calendar with SharePoint 2007https://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/sharepoint/sync-outlook-2007-shared-calendar-with-sharepoint-2007.html

09 November 2012 been asked to migrate links and calendar from an existing system. I was worried when following other instructions because I thought my personal calendar in Outlook 2007 would be completely shared with everyone who had access to the SharePoint site... It...

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