SQL Queries for Statisticshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/sql-queries-for-statistics.html

13 December 2010 JOIN wikimedia_user b ON t1.ID=b.user_id GROUP BY t1.IP ORDER BY b.user_name ) t2 GROUP BY MONTH(t2.Date); Notes: I use this in a PHP script so where year is specified (2010), I have a variable posted from a HTML form in my PHP. Also note: The...

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

CSS keeping the footer at the bottomhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/css/css-keeping-the-footer-at-the-bottom.html

25 April 2011 footer has to be behind because the main content had a semi-transparent layer that overlapped it half-way. I managed to fix this by including a div push layer which clears both (even though i had clear:both on the css for my #right div layer). For some...

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

Checklist for the local computer repairshttps://www.joellipman.com/hardware/checklist-for-the-local-computer-repairs.html

28 April 2011 had work order forms in duplicate. Right above the signature line was a BIG BOLD WARNING ABOUT LOSS OF DATA and “Check this box to have your data backed up for $75. Then, I’d charge them $150 for “forensic data recovery” with “no guarantees” – while...

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

The ReportServer Databasehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/the-reportserver-database.html

08 August 2011 TimeDataRetrieval column displaying. Thank you I know it's an INT. There is just a serious lack of documentation as to what this database is and how it populates its data. View: ExecutionLog InstanceName nvarchar(38) NOT NULL Name of the report server...

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

List MediaWiki Articleshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/mediawiki/list-mediawiki-articles.html

22 September 2011 AccessLevel is extra to your standard MediaWiki setup and one that was customized for my day job). Thought I already had this somewhere on my site, so it took a while again but I've posted my finished query here: The base query to list mediawiki...

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

Fun with DllCall in AutoHotkeyhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/automation/autohotkey/fun-with-dllcall-in-autohotkey.html

27 September 2011 that doesn't like having to use the command prompt to write to an extra text file which your program has to read, then this is for you. DllCall will usually run contained in the program and can be hidden from the end-user. The one to rule them all: This...

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

SSRS AlphaNumeric Parameter Validationhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-alphanumeric-validation.html

07 November 2011 submitted with a report for alpha numeric characters (so it doesn't contain symbols, punctuations, etc) then you should do this at the database level, and then get the report to complete the check: The Plan User enters value in parameters and clicks on...

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

Basic Oracle Function Structurehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/pl-sql/basic-oracle-function-structure.html

15 January 2012 I'll complicate the function myself. How? Functions are supposed to return a single value, which is all I need in this case. In my example, I need to submit an Active Directory (AD) username and receive a student ID number instead, all with the aim to...

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

The Mermaidhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/_other-misc/the-mermaid.html

24 July 2012 And then up spoke the little cabin boy, And a bright-eyed boy was he. "I've a father and mother in fair Plymouth town, And this night they will weep for me, For me, for me, And this night they will weep for me." While the raging seas do roar, And the...

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

Data Randomization Function in Oracle PL/SQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/pl-sql/data-randomization-function-in-oracle-plsql.html

22 August 2012 This article describes a function that will return random data based on a given value. The function intends to determine the data type and return data that is absolutely irrelevant to the original data but the same length and the same type of data. Why?...

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

Vertically align an asterisk on a linehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/css/vertically-align-an-asterisk-on-a-line.html

02 September 2012 to be the same size as the numbers but not overlap any list item beneath it. By increasing the size of the asterisk, this often increases the line-height and causes the overall line height to change for other objects in the same row. The problem...

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

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

20 November 2012 This is a quick article on how to resolve the following issue: Overall body background color is blue. Background color of my contents is white. When I visit a small page on the site, the contents background (white) shows. When I visit a very long page...

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

htaccess Rewrites SEF URL and submits to PHPhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/php/htaccess-rewrites-sef-url-and-submits-to-php.html

05 September 2013 note on a htaccess rewrite rule I'm liking. What does it do? What I type: http://www.mywebsite.com/blog/videos.html Sends this to server: http://www.mywebsite.com/index.php?myFolder=blog&myFiles=videos How? Options -Indexes +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine...

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

Creating a custom form field type for Joomla XML fieldsethttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/creating-a-custom-form-field-type-for-joomla-xml-fieldset.html

25 October 2013 component for logging time and projects and need a dropdown to have selectable options restricted to the logged-in user. This is specified in the XML file of the custom Joomla component and needs some SQL dependent on some dynamic variables. Why? In...

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

Export Joomla Users scripthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/export-joomla-users-script.html

28 February 2014 code to get all the users out of a Joomla CMS. How? I could just type a query on the database and get the same result, but this script was more fun. Simply create a text file with the following code and upload it to the root of your Joomla website....

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

T-SQL: Parse an XML valuehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/t-sql/t-sql-parse-an-xml-value.html

27 March 2014 This took me a while to find so I've posted an article below detailing how to parse or extract values from a string containing XML code. Why? I'm working with a system which stores XML strings in a database and rather than a separate file, it stores...

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

301 Redirect using htaccess filehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/301-redirect-using-htaccess-file.html

03 April 2014 There are a lot of articles & posts out there that cover the same topic, but as this took me the good part of an hour just to find out, I'm posting it here so I never have to look for it again. A client changed their website domain address and wanted...

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

DJI Phantom FC40 - Fun at the raceshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/_other-misc/quadcopters/dji-phantom-fc40-fun-at-the-races.html

17 September 2014 more distractions. This is my filming of some Radio Controlled cars at the Torch Racing, UK event last Sunday. The FPV latency isn't good on this camera so it was no use here, so several challenges: No FPV: Keep the quadcopter pointed at the car. I...

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

Basic Android App using Google Maps and Current Locationhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/google/androidos/basic-android-app-using-google-maps-and-current-location.html

10 October 2014 current location. How? I couldn't find any instructions using the tools I had (Android Studio) which is why I've written this article. Start "Android Studio" Go to File and create a New Project... I'm developing on a Tablet so I select Phone and Tablet...

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

Android: Replace return key with done, go, send...https://www.joellipman.com/articles/google/androidos/android-replace-return-key-with-done-go-send.html

03 November 2014 on pressing the word GO handled = true; } return handled; } }); Other Noteworthy Actions android:inputType In some cases, this will change the keyboard layout (eg. Numbers) text // Normal text textNoSuggestions // No suggestions/autocorrect...

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