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Thought I'd add a note as I was getting confused with the built-in function "FormatDateTime()". The example is shown as: =FormatDateTime(Fields!BirthDate.Value, DateFormat.ShortDate) The other formats are: =FormatDateTime(Fields!BirthDate.Value, DateFormat.GeneralDate) =FormatDateTime(Fields!BirthDate.Value, DateFormat...
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Source: http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/sql-format-date-format-datetime-t-sql-convert-function.aspx
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The following describes how to setup a database user with read-only access to the AdventureWorks database. Using SQL Server Management Studio 2008: Connect to your database server. Expand Security > Logins. Right-click on the user who will be set as having read-only access (in this example "adventureworksro"). Select P...
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Having trouble ordering your frontpage articles? After re-ordering articles wondering where it was taking the order it puts the articles in the front page (or landing page) was confusing me. The quick answer is that it is within the menu manager > main menu > menu item section of your Joomla! Admin Panel. Certain Advan...
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Well I find myself again the dummie of the Internet. I basically came across this error and STFW'd for ages following complex T-SQL Timestamp conversions but to no avail. Not saying that you shouldn't try their solutions but just check you haven't done this silly mistake. I'm only guessing the same error would happen i...
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Following up on my article on correcting disappearing headers, a further issue with our web-report is that even an export to Excel (Data Only) from Crystal Reports 9, created extra columns. This issue could not be replicated on the client machine (ie. from my workstation). I would have to upload the report to the serve...
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If you've been to the point where you're exporting a report to Excel, and only some of the column headers appear, then try this: I googled this for ages and found different suggestions here and there but none of them produced consistent results. One solution was to untick "Simplify page headers" on the Excel Format Opt...
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Basically I thought that the regional settings of a report generated using Report Builder 2.0 on a MS SQL Server 2008 instance were dependent on either the server or the client machine. Realised that this was actually specified in the report. Here's a quick note on how to set Dates and Times used in parameter fields to...
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Dunno about you guys but I've searched the WWW for a solution and couldn't find it. The work around I've documented is a "solution" to my situation and environment. Our setup is: SQL Server 2008 Report Builder 2.0 BMC Service Desk Express 9.8 DataSet1: Incident # Group Name Close Date & Time Assigned to Full Name Incid...
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