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SSRS AlphaNumeric Parameter Validation
SQL Server Reporting Services

SSRS AlphaNumeric Parameter Validation

Intro If you ever want to check the parameters 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 "View Report" Report...

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SSRS Retrieving Oracle Stored Procedure Success or ErrorLevel
SQL Server Reporting Services

SSRS Retrieving Oracle Stored Procedure Success or ErrorLevel

We have a report in SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 (SSRS) reading from an Oracle 10g database which works great and lists all the details on a specific student. An additional request is that there appears a link that will run a stored procedure which Updates a timestamp in an existing table Inserts a row into an...

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MySQL last year week month day trend periods
MySQL

MySQL last year week month day trend periods

Why? I recently made a joomla module that displays the lastest members to signup. It goes a little further and counts activated accounts for the past day, week, month and year (the below examples count all accounts irrespective of being activated or not). It needs to pick up trends as well and compare for example today...

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Reminder on SSRS row separator
SQL Server Reporting Services

Reminder on SSRS row separator

My Setup XP SP3 Workstation Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 (BIDS) SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 (SSRS) What do I want? I have a report displaying room bookings. Each row lists the day, date, room name, start/finish times, booking details and the staff contact. I want an empty row to appear betwee...

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SSRS Repeat Headers in PDF Report
SQL Server Reporting Services

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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T-SQL Record Separator
Transact-SQL

T-SQL Record Separator

I have googled, binged and asked but to no avail. Some self-proclaimed IT experts in forums said "why would you want to do that?". Unhelpful Bellends. It's a bit like 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 separat...

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Migrate Joomla Users to WordPress
Wordpress

Migrate Joomla Users to WordPress

This is for Joomla 1.5.x sites! Note that this article is for Joomla 1.5.x sites to be converted to Wordpress 3.2.x sites. I started with a Joomla 1.5 as the move from Joomla 1.6 or greater is a lot easier since it uses nested categories like Wordpress. There are lots of commercial migrators out there and they all seem...

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Stop Excel Row Height Self-Adjust on Refresh
Excel

Stop Excel Row Height Self-Adjust on Refresh

The Situation I have a Microsoft Excel 2007 file that connects to a SQL Server 2008 R2 database. The Excel file pulls data using lookup tables and displays the data in an Excel Spreadsheet. The Problem We can select all cells and set row height to be 30 for example, but everytime we refresh the data in the Excel spread...

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Joes Network Transmission Detector (JTD)
Product Documentation

Joes Network Transmission Detector (JTD)

So this is a program I've been wanting for ages. Only way to be sure it doesn't have any malicious code and that it does what I want and looks like I want it to look, was to make my own. What does it do? Amazing. It detects transmissions over a network. Basically on a computer that isn't on a network (ie. not connected...

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