DataScramble - Randomizing data rowshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/t-sql/datascramble-randomizing-data-rows.html

07 December 2012 with my DataJumble function and DataTumble procedure which also help scramble database tables sent to suppliers/developers, this is a function which simply finds random characters and inserts these. I would recommend using the DataTumble script over...

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

ReCaptcha alternative: Integrate PlayThru in JComments 2.3 for Joomla 2.5https://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/recaptcha-alternative-integrate-playthru-in-jcomments-for-joomla.html

24 March 2014 to: Joomla CMS v2.5.11 (Joomla.org) jComments v2.3.0 (JoomlaTune.com) PlayThru v1.1.8 (AreYouAHuman.com) What? This article is a follow-up of my article JComments 2.3.0 with Google ReCaptcha (Joomla 2.5.x) but instead of using ReCaptcha, we're going to...

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

Convert XML UTF-16 to JSON UTF-8 with PHP cURLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/php/convert-xml-utf-16-to-json-utf-8-with-php-curl.html

28 March 2015 titled Fix PHP cURL: parser error: Document labelled UTF-16 but has UTF-8 content What? This is an article with notes for me on how to convert some received XML encoded in UTF-16 to some JSON in UTF-8. If it were entirely in UTF-8, I would simply load...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Personal Home Page
• Language: en-GB

Zoho Deluge: Post a multi-dimensional or nested array to a 3rd-party APIhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge-post-a-multi-dimensional-or-nested-array-to-a-3rd-party-api.html

03 February 2021 This is an article documenting how to send a Zoho Deluge Map request to an API which is expecting nested/2d/multi-dimensonal arrays. In the example below, we are posting to a PHP script for testing but I have since sent something similar to an API...

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

Zoho Deluge: Handle Commas between Quotes in a CSV (and New Lines)https://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge-handle-commas-between-quotes-in-a-csv.html

26 August 2021 This is an article to demonstrate how to handle commas in a CSV file that were enclosed between two double-quotes. I've added to this the handling of new lines or carriage returns in between a pair of double-quotes. Why? Our use case is that we were...

• 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 This is an article to document a function used in Zoho Creator to retrieve the Product IDs of all the active products in a client's Shopify. Why? The use-case was that I wanted to search Shopify using a Product SKU. Community forums could only suggest...

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

Zoho CRM: searchRecords with sorted resultshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm-searchrecords-with-sorted-results.html

10 February 2022 This is an article to document how to use the searchRecords function in CRM and to sort the results response. Why? This is unclear and not always working as coded below since each system (CRM, Creator, Books) seems to interpret this sorting feature...

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

Zoho CRM: Using a function for validation rules (or restricting specific picklist options by user profile)https://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm-using-a-function-for-validation-rules.html

11 February 2022 So this is a pretty cool feature in Zoho CRM that I hadn't used much but definitely worth an article. The ability to block field picklist options from being selected based on the profile of a user. Why? There were several alternatives we considered...

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

Zoho Desk: Re-enable Desktop Notifications after clicking on "Not Now"https://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-desk-re-enable-desktop-notifications-after-clicking-on-not-now.html

20 July 2022 This is a quick article to re-enable desktop notifications after having been prompted initially and having clicked on "Not Now". Why? I'm not sure when this prompt is supposed to prompt you again. A client of ours had accidentally clicked on "Not Now"...

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

Zoho Recruit: Rollup Number of Recruit Candidates to CRM Accounthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-recruit-rollup-number-of-recruit-candidates-to-crm-account.html

19 October 2022 This is a quick article to note down some code used in Zoho Recruit. This particular bit of code will run on a workflow when a Candidate is modified, and it tallies all the candidates belonging to the same school and updates some number fields on the...

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

Zoho Deluge: Determine if Daylight Savings are in effecthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge-determine-if-daylight-savings-are-in-effect.html

03 July 2023 lucky enough to build an application for a client based in a country that changes its clocks twice a year, then I'm opening this article without a 100% certain solution as I need to wait about 4 months until I can confirm this works. Why? I've covered...

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

SSRS Subscriptions cannot be createdhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-subscriptions-cannot-be-created.html

22 November 2013 to: Microsoft Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 (BIDS) Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 What? This article describes solutions to the error: Subscriptions cannot be created because the credentials used to run the report are not stored, or if a...

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

Community Builder in Joomla Vulnerabilityhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/community-builder-in-joomla-vulnerability.html

10 November 2009 Malware Detected! Warning: Visiting this site may harm your computer! The website at.....ru appears to host malware - software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just viisting a site that hosts malware can infect...

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

Add Image Mouseover effect in AutoHotkey GUIhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/automation/autohotkey/add-image-mouseover-effect-in-autohotkey-gui.html

25 January 2010 Couldn't find this anywhere on the net and kinda needed it so am making a note of how to do it here. The issue is that I wanted to make my autohotkey program change the image that the mouse hovers over (within it's own GUI). No third-party component or...

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

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

27 April 2010 that these existed in Windows Vista (and originally from Linux variants). Sometimes you may only have partial Aero effects. This can be because Windows may not think your machine is powerful enough to run these effects without affecting performance. If...

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

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 letters used are on the MSDN website at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms146084.aspx NOW() vs TODAY() Noticed this when setting date as the parameter and trying to specify default date as today's in the format DD/MM/YYYY. Googled this but...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Transact-SQL
• 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 This is just a note for me as it took a while to find on the net and even then it was confusing as to why it works but it does. Not sure whether you call this an MDX Query or part of a Transact-SQL mashup. You need to go to "Fill" (of each text box in...

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

MySQL: Find records in one table that are not in another.https://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/mysql-find-records-in-one-table-that-are-not-in-another.html

25 February 2011 up and running via the front-end and back-end. It's MediaWiki CMS used by Wikipedia.org and the like. I like queries against this database because it involves linking a lot of tables and outputting... just articles and their titles. I have another table...

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

What's the problem? Amusing computer issueshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/whats-the-problem-amusing-computer-reports.html

28 April 2011 If you're not an IT person, you may want to avoid reading the rest of this article in case you're easily offended. It's just an amusing stab at customers computer issues. Note that most of the below were remote support jobs so we weren't there in...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Web-Development
• 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 So this is for Microsoft Office Infopath 2007 (SharePoint 2007). The situation is that I started creating a SharePoint List (datasheet) and when I made my form dropdown read from the list, it just put elements in the order that I entered them in the...

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