Print Directory Contents to a Filehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/print-directory-contents-to-a-file.html

19 July 2012 to list. Instead of C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe, I could have used %Comspec% or even %windir%\system32\cmd.exe but with some group policies, you will get an "access denied" message. If you don't have a C:\windows folder, then find your "cmd.exe" program...

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

Connect to Joomla database in standalone scripthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/connect-to-joomla-database-in-standalone-script.html

17 August 2012 is to be compatible with Joomla versions 1.6.x to 2.5.x. Because I use dynamic scripts running in the background (mootools), some of these need to connect to the database but as they sit outside of the MVC structure, we need them to use the existing...

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

Basic Joomla 2.5 Mootools Formhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/basic-joomla-25-mootools-form.html

20 August 2012 to it; obviously you may want to tidy this up but the more basic the receiving data the better. In my example, I'm returning some HTML but for security and stability, you will want this to use an XML file depending on the level of detail you want back....

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

Inline Labels in Form Fields using Javascripthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/js/inline-labels-in-form-fields-using-javascript.html

21 August 2012 Now click on it and it disappears, allowing you to type normally. Clear whatever you type so the field is empty and click somewhere on the page (not on a link as this will take you to another page) and the field returns to displaying "Name:". Why? I've...

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

Joomla article modal with clear buttonhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/joomla-article-modal-with-clear-button.html

27 August 2012 way for the end-users to select a Joomla! article in the component parameters/options. The "clear" button is essential as some article_modal fields may not be required and are difficult to clear once set. How? Well don't quote me on this but I haven't...

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

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 that can simply be used to search an entire database for a particular string of word(s). I've posted my own as well as some others I've lifted from elsewhere, as they worked with my environment, to put them in one place on a website I've bookmarked (my...

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

Stored Procedure to List Distinct Values and Countshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/t-sql/stored-procedure-to-list-distinct-values-and-counts.html

26 October 2012 BEGIN -- Declare some variables to use DECLARE @ColToProcess varchar(max), @SqlToExecute varchar(max), @myXml xml; -- Parse comma delimited string into a table SELECT @myXml = CONVERT(xml,'' + REPLACE(@p_SearchColumns,',','') + ''); DECLARE Cursor1...

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

Search a database for a value and count matching rowshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/search-a-database-for-a-value-and-count-matching-rows.html

05 November 2012 1.0 Created ** ** ** ***********************************************************************************/ BEGIN -- Declare some variables to use DECLARE @SqlToExecute varchar(max), @TableToProcess varchar(max); -- Populate Cursor1 (Used to hold valid...

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

Adding a selectable background to a Yootheme templatehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/adding-a-selectable-background-to-a-yootheme-template.html

19 November 2012 to add the background "Ambient Turquoise". Yootheme uses CSS files to do this so we'll need to modify the XML file and add some files that this will select. Modify \templates\\config.xml add the select option "Ambient Turquoise" to the end of the list:...

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

Background Gradient Disappears on Long Pageshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/css/background-disappears-on-long-pages.html

20 November 2012 background (blue) making the text very hard to read. Why? Took me a while to figure out what was the problem, I'd visit some pages and they'd be fine, but when visiting a long page, it would initially display properly but then the white background would...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Cascading Stylesheets
• Language: *

DataTumble - Randomize Data Rowshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/t-sql/datatumble-randomize-data-rows.html

07 December 2012 This is a stored procedure I've nabbed from some consultants from my day job. It shuffles the records and matching data values: Before: ID Name DateOfBirth --------- ------------ ----------- 1 John Smith 1988-06-24 2 Fred Bloggs 1972-11-17 3 Another...

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

JDatabase: using the Joomla database with exampleshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/jdatabase-using-the-joomla-database.html

27 January 2013 $query = " SELECT ".$db->nameQuote('field_name')." FROM ".$db->nameQuote('#__my_table')." WHERE ".$db->nameQuote('some_name')." = ".$db->quote($some_value); $db->setQuery($query); $result = $db->loadResult(); -- $result = value of field_name LoadRow /...

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

Cheat Sheet for mySQL vs t-SQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/cheat-sheet-for-mysql-vs-t-sql.html

31 January 2013 Some memory aids for me so that I don't have to keep looking them up: MySQL T-SQL Strings String Replace REPLACE(haystack,needle,replacement) REPLACE(haystack,needle,replacement) String Position INSTR(haystack, needle) LOCATE(needle, haystack [,...

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

Preg_Replace all strings between two tagshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/php/preg-replace-all-strings-between-two-tags.html

07 February 2013 ( '/\'([^\']+)\'/', '$0', $string_formatted ); Surround string (apostrophes) with red styling and evaluate: Convert: this='some string' » this='some string' $string_formatted = preg_replace ( '/\'([^\']+)\'/e', 'stripslashes(strip_tags("$0"))',...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Personal Home Page
• Language: *

SSIS Convert a string into a datehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssis/ssis-convert-a-string-into-a-date.html

14 March 2013 another as a integer (DT_R8). Why? It took me a long time to figure this and it was only by trawling through columns that someone mentioned that maybe all the data in that column is not consistent? This made sense as I need to parse the string to...

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

Parse a HTML Table into a ListViewhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/html/parse-a-html-table-into-a-listview.html

30 March 2013 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 replicates the table in a listview format: ; tell the script...

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

AwStats Data Parser (ADP)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/awstats-data-parser-adp.html?catid=40

03 April 2013 it's the end of the month again and I have to prepare a report for some investors. The idea of an infographic report has excited them to no end but because the end of the month didn't wait for me to finish the project, I quickly created this program to...

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

Joes Syntax Styler (JSS)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-syntax-styler-jss.html?catid=40

06 April 2013 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 JavaScript (avoiding Framework conflicts)...

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

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 happens when you have a Data File of varying column numbers. My solution below will also fix this. How? My data file had some empty rows amongst the data. The easy fix is by dealing with any empty rows. The best way I've seen that has worked in nearly...

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

Improve Default Joomla Search https://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/improve-default-joomla-search-heuristics.html

07 May 2013 article. In the case of Joomla, we'll use the article ID. Pre-Notes: This article consists of instructions to hard-code some core files in Joomla. As a precaution, you may want to back up all your website files and its database. Or, if space is limited,...

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