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Error during processing - Converting Date/Time
Transact-SQL

Error during processing - Converting Date/Time

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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Crystal Reports: Exporting to Excel omits column headers
Excel

Crystal Reports: Exporting to Excel omits column headers

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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Report Builder 2.0 - Hide Series1
SQL Server Reporting Services

Report Builder 2.0 - Hide Series1

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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SSRS Report Builder 2.0 - Error during processing
SQL Server Reporting Services

SSRS Report Builder 2.0 - Error during processing

The Issue After modifying a report and on running it, Report Builder 2.0 returns the following error: An error occurred during local report processing. An error has occurred during report processing. Query execution failed for dataset 'DataSet1'. The variable name '@GroupName' has already been declared. Variable names...

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Remove write-protect from USB pen in Windows
Windows OS

Remove write-protect from USB pen in Windows

I just had to put something here as I have been buying and returning failed/corrupt USB pens. In the past few months I have been trying to upgrade my 16Gb USB Integral Pen from Play.Com to a 32Gb equivalent. I use my USB pen as the "My Documents" folder on every computer I use. It was fine with my 16Gb one but my 32Gb...

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Windows 7 and Google Chrome incognito mode by default
Google

Windows 7 and Google Chrome incognito mode by default

Basically if you've just started using "incognito" mode with the Google Chrome web-browser, this article is just how to switch the quick launch shortcut (next to your start button). All the articles I googled were windows vista so I thought I'd share one for windows 7 here. I'm actually only saving you a click as you c...

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Search and Replace in a MySQL Database
MySQL

Search and Replace in a MySQL Database

Ok is it just me who does everything slowly and badly until someone comes along and says why are you doing it like that? My justification is that the job has to be done no matter what. If you've ever sat there with phpMyAdmin or a MySQL Administration Tool (like Navicat or SQLYog), and still there at night editing each...

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