Country Lookup by IP address CSVhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/country-lookup-by-ip-address.html

17 March 2013 the second time. Modify the PHP file to use database login credentials, $db_host = "localhost"; // Database host name $db_user = "my_database_user"; // User for database authentication $db_pass = "my_database_password"; // Password for database...

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

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 /asn=d:\applications\siapp\vision\dev\adm\svrside_batch.asn stutalk usr_code=«your_user_code» smg_code=CAPCHG xpt_code=7day tracemess=3 limit=600 dot The EOT Monitor should have a shortcut similar to the...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Extensible Markup Language
• Language: *

Google Authentication - OAuth 2.0 using PHP/cURLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/google/google-authentication-oauth-2-0-using-php-curl.html

31 October 2018 and to either create a token file, or use the existing one as long as it hasn't expired. Update 2019 This script requires a user to authenticate the google account. I have a newer article called Google Drive API v3 - OAuth2 using Service Account in...

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

Zoho Creator: Download File from ZohoCRM field type "File Upload" (not attachments)https://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator-download-file-from-zohocrm-field-type-file-upload-not-attachments.html

02 February 2021 The Code to read, parse, create a holding record and generate a link for the customer portal user to click on: // accessing zoho.eu (not zoho.com) so adapt the 2 values v_CreatorBaseUrl = "https://creator.zoho.eu"; v_ZohoApisDC =...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Zoho
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Zoho CRM / Deluge: Send an email with a CRM Quote using a given CRM templatehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm-send-an-email-with-a-crm-quote-using-a-given-crm-template.html

18 August 2022 the CRM record into a PDF using a customer's template. // // initialize (this is code added to a button so should alert user if no email was specified) v_OutputMessage = ""; v_TemplateID = "123456789012345678"; // // get the quote details given a record...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Zoho
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ZohoCRM: Import Attachmentshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zohocrm-import-attachments.html

16 January 2023 for Attachment ID and just "image001.jpg" for File Name. Attachment Owner Id: This is a "zcrm_" prefixed ID of the user who owns the attachment. Modified By Id: This is a "zcrm_" prefixed ID of the user who modified the attachment. Created By Id: This...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Zoho
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PHP Script: Make your own Thumbnail Generator via APIhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/php-script-make-your-own-thumbnail-generator-via-api.html

29 May 2025 have a client with about 10k images of products that they want to appear in a dropdown menu of a JavaScript widget. When the user first loads up the webpage containing the widget, 10k images are downloaded. I have put in a lazy loading process where it...

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

MediaWiki: MySQL to extract path to imageshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/mediawiki/mediawiki-mysql-to-extract-path-to-images.html

06 December 2011 all images that had also been either added/modified since. How? Using MySQL, the following query lists the image name, size, user who uploaded, timestamp and the path. Remember that the paths are determined using the MD5 Hash of the filename: select...

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

ZohoCRM: ZDK Client Script to retrieve Contact Emailhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zohocrm-zdk-client-script-to-retrieve-contact-email.html

20 July 2022 // return false to prevent saving of record return false; Caveat(s) This only happens if the record is being edited (as in user clicked on "Edit") rather than the inline edits that can be done (eg. user clicked on field in view mode and edited just one...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Zoho
• 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 The website was working fine and I was able resume my click-happy habits. It's a given that in my test, there was only 1 user (me). There are reports though that some people set up websites with NO 3rd-party items whatsoever... For those of you with...

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

Change default order of weblinkshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/change-default-order-of-weblinks.html

15 November 2009 sort order to WEBLINK TITLE in order from A to Z. The below code with my modifications maintains the functionality for the user to change the sort order by clicking on the column titles. The page you want is /components/com_weblinks/models/category.php...

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

Project Plan for Freelance Websitehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/project-plan-for-freelance-website.html

25 February 2010 - expected size of website including all uploaded files. Add domain folder to the server. Setup FTP Accounts (just one username/password). Setup automated backup system. Create test space with same access details. Database Setup For JoelLipman.Com to...

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

Joes FREE Website Thumbnailer (JWT)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-free-website-thumbnailer.html?catid=40

28 June 2011 Internet (accesses http://news.google.com/) Checks you are a local administrator on your computer (should just need normal user credentials but if you get prompted to run the program as a different user and can't run the program this may be why) Checks...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Product Documentation
• Language: *

Search a database for a string (MySQL, T-SQL)https://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/search-a-database-for-a-string-mysql-t-sql.html

08 October 2012 + @SearchStr + ''' OR ' + CHAR(10) FROM SYS.columns SC JOIN SYS.types STy ON STy.system_type_id = SC.system_type_id AND STy.user_type_id =SC.user_type_id WHERE STY.name in ('varchar','char','nvarchar','nchar') AND SC.object_id = ST.object_id ORDER BY...

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

Administrator Program Shortcut without Prompthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/administrator-program-shortcut-without-prompt.html

25 February 2013 to: - Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise - User with Local Administrator Privileges (required for setup) Why? Our work has group policies and two of our programs, Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate (VS2010) and Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS),...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: *

Things to Check if Joomla Password Reminder email not being senthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/things-to-check-if-joomla-password-reminder-email-not-being-sent.html

09 May 2013 on a frequent question I get asked. This refers to an issue within the Joomla CMS (version 2.5.x) where it fails to email users who reset their password. How? A few things to check: Check the email message even exists: Login to your Joomla Admin Panel...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Joomla
• 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 1.00 2000-02-18 002 1.00 2000-02-19 002 1.00 2000-02-20 003 1.00 1999-02-25 003 1.00 1999-02-26 Some thing(s) to consider: User running the SQL query needs permission to read the master database. If run by a service account, ask a DBA to emulate the...

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

ReCaptcha disappears from Joomla 2.5 Registrationhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/recaptcha-disappears-from-joomla-2-5-registration.html

24 November 2013 This is an extract from a forum which solved our problem for why the ReCaptcha part disappears from the user registration form. We have Joomla 2.5.16 installed and no new updates for a plugin that comes with Joomla 2.5 install. How? Source: Joomla! •...

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

SSIS: How to loop through multiple flat files as data sourceshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssis/ssis-how-to-loop-through-multiple-flat-files-as-data-sources.html

13 June 2014 its "Properties" Under Expressions, click the ellipsis Under Property, select "ConnectionString" In Expression, type @[User::SourceExtractFile] OK to save it Add the ForEach Loop Container to your "Control Flow" (NB: This did not exist in my data flow...

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

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/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

28 July 2014 export" the database. Why? The quick solution for everyone else is to change/reset the password of the connecting database user, but herein lies the problem. When you read my workaround, you'll say that I haven't solved anything; but this is a...

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