Remove write-protect from USB pen in Windowshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/remove-write-protect-from-pen-in-windows.html

13 April 2010 I just had to put something here as I have been buying and returning failed/corrupt USB pens. In the past few months I have been trying to upgrade my 16Gb USB Integral Pen from Play.Com to a 32Gb equivalent. I use my USB pen as the "My Documents"...

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

Crystal Reports: Exporting to Excel omits column headershttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/excel/crystal-reports-exporting-to-excel-omits-column-headers.html

03 June 2010 Paste the same height value as the one that worked Repeat for all heading textboxes that weren't appearing This will yield something like the following: A few other things that I did to this report that may have contributed to it working: Checked all...

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

Create Read-Only Database User in SQL Serverhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/create-read-only-database-user-in-sql-server.html

09 November 2010 access to. Tick the boxes for role membership next to public and db_datareader. Confirm by clicking OK. You should get something like the following: Database-level role names from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189121(SQL.100).aspx...

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

Alternate row background colour in Reporting Serviceshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/alternate-row-background-colour-in-reporting-services.html

04 February 2011 "DataSet1" is my dataset -- and Count(Fields!Field1.Value, "DataSet1") returns the maximum number of rows retrieved Yields something like: This is the bottom left of a report where both the above examples (fill and borders) have been applied:

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

SSRS Hide results table if emptyhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-hide-results-table-if-empty.html

29 March 2011 dataset) =IIF(Sum(Fields!Counter.Value, "Equipment") send to back), the expression for visibility on the textbox should be something like: =IIF(Sum(Fields!Counter.Value, "Equipment")>0, True, False) If you're bugged by the warning "Overlapping report...

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

Difference between two dates - the midnight hourhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/difference-between-two-dates-the-midnight-hour.html

06 April 2011 might already have something similar to this but this deserves its own article. Why? Well try to search the web for a PHP/MySQL solution which suggests on how to count the hours between two times on the same date, when one of the hours is on the other...

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

Developer's Checklist: Taking over a projecthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/developers-checklist-taking-over-a-project.html

01 March 2011 that has been abandoned by its developer. I've started writing this article because I find myself forgetting to ask something that could have saved an infinite number of man-hours (I exaggerate a little); but seriously, I needed a checklist that works...

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

Creating a Profile Plugin for Joomla 1.6https://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/creating-a-profile-plugin-for-joomla-16.html

27 April 2011 a field with a dropdown list. Add a button to upload an avatar (and sync with 3rd party avatar). Not riveting stuff but something that all my clients want. Fortunately for me, I just created one plugin which I can install on any number of Joomla 1.6...

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

Newbies guide to be the local computer guyhttps://www.joellipman.com/hardware/newbies-guide-to-be-the-local-computer-guy.html

28 April 2011 Ask local businesses if you can post a flyer in their window or on their cash wrap. Initially, charge a nominal fee…maybe something like $30/hour just to build up a client base and get some referalls. Put up a Web site describing your services. It makes...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: IT Support
• Language: *

Joes Bug Tracker (JBT)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-bug-tracker-jbt.html?catid=40

07 July 2011 all in one. I needed a solution that was FREE but was good enough to replace RokDownloads, Phoca Download, or Remository. Something like "JoomBug" but this was commercial and reviews weren't positive. "Zerosoft ZJ Downloads" looked just like remository...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Product Documentation
• 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 MSDN for an hour before I realised all those experts were using programming solutions that seemed a bit over the top for something that should be so simple. Hey presto, I found a cheat/workaround: Click on the list to see your datasheet (has a MS Access...

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

Before and After, Highs and Lowshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/before-and-after-highs-and-lows.html

03 August 2011 BETWEEN '01/01/2010' AND '08/01/2011' GROUP BY DATEPART(dayofyear, ItemDate), DATEPART(year, ItemYear), ItemName // yields something like ItemName DayOfYear YearRun Counter --------------------- -------------- ------- ------- Report 001 181 2010 134...

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

SSRS External Images don't displayhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-external-images-dont-display.html

19 September 2011 On the system that used to do this, we could use the HTML attribute "OnError" to load an alternative image. We would like something similar for SSRS. Solution #2: Alternative image if file does not exist More of a workaround than a solution but by...

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

T-SQL Record Separatorhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/t-sql/t-sql-record-separator.html

11 October 2011 asking me "Why can't I turn on my computer" and me replying "why would you want to do that?". Anyway, I was looking for something like the record separator in Oracle SQL*Plus where a row of data (blank or made of symbols) separates two sets of data from...

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

Performance Report - Background colors based on dataset valueshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/green-red-background-colors-based-on-dataset-values.html

02 December 2011 various reports) in a table and then to color the backgrounds based on whether they are the fastest or slowest in the set. Something like: The DataSet This should work on your reporting server as well. I'm using the database "ReportServer". select *...

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

Basic Oracle Stored Procedure Structurehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/pl-sql/basic-oracle-stored-procedure-structure.html

16 January 2012 myResultSet REFCURSOR; EXEC sp_get_studentdetails_from_ad(:myResultSet,'jsmith2012'); PRINT myResultSet; Should yield something like: MYRESULTSET -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENTID...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Oracle PL/SQL
• Language: en-GB

Returning Oracle Stored Procedure Resultset in SSRShttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/returning-oracle-stored-procedure-resultset-in-ssrs.html

19 January 2012 [@StudentReference]. Fixing this resolved all 3 issues below!!! Encountered Issues ORA-01403 no data found & ORA-06512 something else - Fixed by specifying the query parameter properly (ex: Parameter name = p_STUDENT_ADNAME, Parameter Value =...

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

MySQL: Display Users and Duration in Matrix Timesheethttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/mysql-display-users-and-duration-in-matrix-timesheet.html

27 April 2012 list, within the loop run the activities query and replace the string "STRING_TO_REPLACE_PER_ITERATION" with the User ID. Something like: $result=mysql_query($user_list_query); while($row=mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) { $this_user_id=$row['UserID'];...

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