Restore MSSQL Error: Database is in usehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/restore-mssql-error-database-is-in-use.html

08 March 2013 Server 2008 EXEC SP_WHO2 // even more details GO -- Run as database owner to see ALL connected processes as well. Why? For every DBA this is a doddle and doesn't warrant its own article but for those of us who merely use SQL Server Management Studio...

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

SSIS Skip Blank Rows in Flat File Sourcehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssis/ssis-skip-blank-rows-in-flat-file-source.html

23 April 2013 the failure. Why? So the solution must be obvious to you by now. At least that's what Microsoft people think to themselves every time they see the error they programmed in. Apparently this problem also happens when you have a Data File of varying column...

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

Client Services: Website Development Agreementhttps://www.joellipman.com/static-items/client-services-website-development-agreement.html

15 November 2013 of web-development experience allow me to reduce the risk of nasty surprises and also allows me not have to Google search every solution. As an IT developer, I often get told I may win the lottery or get run over by a bus, so I am used to needing a...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Static Items
• Language: *

Generate a Timesheet in MySQL https://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/generate-a-timesheet-in-mysql.html

05 December 2013 on creating a template for the site I just made; I started at 9:45 and finished at 12:00") The final system needs to specify every day of the week and divide all the days activities into the morning and afternoon slots. All days and time slots must be...

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

Quadcopter App with Flight Restrictions (JQA)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/quadcopter-app.html?catid=40

24 October 2014 as it can login to your online account automatically. Sharing: • Do not share security or personal details. • By default, every item is private. Account Management: Visit www.joellipman.com/account/member-access and login with your username or email and...

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

Submit form as a server and not the client with cURLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/automation/api-misc/submit-form-as-a-server-and-not-the-client-with-curl.html

20 February 2015 to make the request, then their own IP address would be the one checked against, and it just wouldn't be manageable to add every new user's IP address to their service. The request has to come from a permitted server with a single IP address. How? It's...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: API Miscellaneous
• Language: *

TravelPort Universal API - Ping Request with PHP-cURLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/automation/api-misc/travelport-universal-api-ping-request-with-php-curl.html

27 April 2015 PHP and cURL, here is the full script for a standard ping request. Before you say it doesn't work, it has to be updated every time a new schema is introduced to the system. See my errors section for how you can resolve this.

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: API Miscellaneous
• Language: *

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 to check your base64 encoded strings at JWT.io then it's hard because the timestamps, included in the encoding, change every second. You can get it verifying the signature successfully if you go get your public key, paste both keys into jwt.io (these...

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

Zoho Templates - Font size is inexplicably tinyhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-templates-font-size-is-inexplicably-tiny.html

22 February 2019 day where I would remove all the styling and the text would still appear small. Sure I resized the text to about 46pt and everything was over 3000px in width but this is not good for a final solution. I thought maybe there was a setting for the default...

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

Zoho Deluge - Get Refresh/Access Token API v2https://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge-get-refresh-access-token.html

17 July 2019 Token This will expire after 1 hour so either you find a way to store the access token for reuse or generate a new one in every request. v_ClientID = "1000.ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234"; v_ClientSecret = "aaaabbbbccccddddeeeeffff111122223333444455";...

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

Zoho Deluge - First Monday of Month or Last Tuesday of Monthhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge-first-monday-of-month-or-last-tuesday-of-month.html

27 September 2019 then set it to the last Tuesday of next month. Why? This was a request by a client who instead of specifying the 1st of every month, or 15th of each month, to say the first Monday of the month (ignoring bank holidays) or to say the last Tuesday of the...

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

Zoho Deluge: Duplicate/Clone a Recordhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge-duplicate-clone-a-record.html

17 March 2020 duplicate or clone a record in Zoho CRM using Zoho Deluge. Why? The aim here is to have a scheduled task that on the 1st of every month, takes the invoices for the month before, and duplicates each one for the new month. How? First you have to get all...

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

Windows OS: Alt Codes / Symbols / Special Charactershttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/windows-os-alt-codes-symbols-special-characters.html

03 June 2021 can apply a function lock (fn) and the numbers on the right of your keyboard are enabled. Which numbers you might ask? Well every character is built of a collection of digits that are to be entered in their specific order. Search for "Alt Codes" or...

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

Zoho Creator: Prevent Endless Loops On User Input of a Fieldhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator-prevent-endless-loops-on-user-input-of-a-field.html

19 September 2021 displaying a preview in a notes field. We would rather only have to update the code for 1 workflow rather than 20 workflows every time we want to tweak the code. There are also cases we don't want to use a standalone function as we want the code to read...

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

Zoho CRM & Zoho Books: Get Books Currency and Tax IDshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm-zoho-books-get-books-currency-and-tax-ids.html

24 September 2021 up an extra 2 calls so you could run them once, store them as a map on your function if you don't want to use up these 2 every time your sales team push a CRM Sales Order to Zoho Books. Or leave as 2 calls at the beginning of your function in case they...

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

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

12 October 2021 I find a better way to do this, then I'll put it here. But I like this snippet of code albeit a brute force to loop through every active product and list their IDs. How? So here's the function I came up with. It loops through a maximum of 2500 products...

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

Zoho Creator: Public URL of an Image field / Upload to Shopify APIhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator-public-url-of-an-image-field-upload-to-shopify-api.html

17 October 2021 = v_PositionIndex + 1; } info "Re-uploaded Photos to Shopify"; } } Correction / Additional The above solution means that for every photo uploaded, an API call is used up. If you have low limits, even 2000, this means you can only upload 100 products a...

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

Zoho Creator: Change Radio into Tabshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator-change-radio-into-tabs.html

22 October 2021 the new name and follow the syntax .zc-NewName-group{}]. What I have (Original) I want to run some deluge (snippets below) every time the form loads, so I Go to Workflows > Form Workflows > Select your form Click on New Workflow Choose form (the one...

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

Zoho CRM: Schedule a Task: Timesheet Reminderhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm-schedule-a-task-timesheet-reminder.html

02 December 2021 but for deducting from project and support bundles. How? The following snippet of code is on a CRM schedule set to run every Friday at 08:00 in the morning and will create a task if time logged is too low and will remind via Popup at about 4pm (16:00)....

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

Zoho CRM/Deluge: Get TimeZone Based on GeoCoded Address (Lat/Lng)https://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm-deluge-get-timezone-based-on-geocoded-address-lat-lng.html

15 December 2021 [ url :v_Endpoint type :GET connection:"joels_connector" ]; if(!isnull(r_Response.get("fields"))) { // loop through every field to find the customer's timezone one for each r_Field in r_Response.get("fields") { if(r_Field.get("api_name") ==...

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