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Prefix Line Numbers in a Text File
MS-DOS 49615

Prefix Line Numbers in a Text File

Change contents of "original_file.txt" The first line of my code The second line of my code The third line of my code To "results_file.txt" 1: The first line of my code 2: The second line of my code 3: The third line of my code How?

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Select unique values in Microsoft Excel column
Excel 21155

Select unique values in Microsoft Excel column

Thought I'd put a quick note here, I tried a fair few solutions that didn't work and then found this hidden away in a forum: Quick Count =INT(SUMPRODUCT((A3:A1000<>"")/COUNTIF(A3:A1000,A3:A1000&""))) This returns the number of unique values in the range A3 to A1000 and excludes the blank/empty cells. Display all Unique...

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How to change local folder for TFS
Team Foundation Server 59722

How to change local folder for TFS

I installed Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 (BIDS) and connected it to a Team Foundation Server 2010 (TFS) instance and set my working local folder to my home directory. When the rest of my colleagues installed it however, they decided to use a common local directory for all workstations so configuration...

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Returning Oracle Stored Procedure Resultset in SSRS
SQL Server Reporting Services 163213

Returning Oracle Stored Procedure Resultset in SSRS

So I've spent a fun time googling and binging but still haven't found a simple and complete example of getting a resultset from an Oracle stored procedure and displaying this in SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). Well "non-productive" more than "fun" as most of the examples on the net are either half-complete or par...

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Getting the mysql where in delimited string to work
MySQL 26140

Getting the mysql where in delimited string to work

I have a mySQL database table of room assets that has a field containing the ID numbers of images relevant to this room. The Problem? When I select specifying the statement "WHERE IN (c.RoomImages)", this is interpreted as a string and when converted to a number only retrieves the first value before the first comma. Co...

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SSRS Repeat Headers in PDF Report
SQL Server Reporting Services 35916

SSRS Repeat Headers in PDF Report

The Problem I've set some tablix headers but when I request the same report in PDF format, the tablix headers only appear once on the first page. Every subsequent page simply displays the report header (which does not include the tablix header... obviously). I right-clicked on the header row of the tablix and checked t...

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