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  1. Returned a data type that is not validhttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/returned-a-data-type-that-is-not-valid.html

    BY a.DateTimeStamp DESC) t1 GROUP BY CONCAT(MONTH(t1.Date), ' ', YEAR(t1.Date)) Caused by SQL statement returning first column date as CONCAT(MONTHNAME(t1.Date), ' ', YEAR(t1.Date)) AS Month Solved by changing SQL statement to t1.Date AS Month This will...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  2. CharIndex Reverse - find occurrence starting from end of string in TSQLhttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/charindex-reverse-find-occurrence-starting-from-end-of-string-in-tsql.html

    in Transact SQL for a SQL Server instance only and not filtered by other code. Why? I have a string such as the following (column positions added for demo purposes): String1.String2.String3.String4 1 5 10 15 20 25 30 -> length = 31 I'd like to end up...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  3. T-SQL concatenate an incremental row numberhttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/t-sql-concatenate-an-incremental-row-number.html

    This is a quick article on how to use a counter added to the end of a field column of data. Eh. What? Assume the following two tables exist: TABLE: Employee -------------------------------------------------- ID FirstName Surname 1 Joel Lipman 2 Another...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  4. MySQL Data Type Reference Tablehttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/mysql-data-type-reference-table.html

    the value required. For example, a comment of 500 words should only be TEXT (~64Kb) rather than LONGTEXT (~4Gb). Data Type Column Type Range or Description Storage Numeric TinyInt Signed values from -128 to 127 1 byte Unsigned values from 0 to 255...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  5. Merge the content of two similar tables in MySQLhttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/merge-the-content-of-two-similar-tables-in-mysql.html

    This site and its design is property of SomeoneElse.com Obviously the two above tables are very similar with different column names. I also don't want the data to produce double the number of columns. My Solution SELECT title, intro FROM ( SELECT...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  6. MySQL parameters in Excel 2007 PivotTableshttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/mysql-parameters-in-excel-2007-pivottables.html

    start time, end time... Report Specification PivotTable Report...resources in row (along the side)......staff in columns (along the top)......persondays in values (the number my bosses want - 7h 24m or 26640s is 1 person day)... With date range as...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  7. Stop Excel Row Height Self-Adjust on Refreshhttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/stop-excel-row-height-self-adjust-on-refresh.html?catid=110&Itemid=165

    smallest data value (one that I know will never be two lines (or two words)) within the SQL query itself. We have a DEPT column that is an acronym of the departments so for example: SELECT Date, Reservation, Contact, JobTitle, Dept FROM...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Excel
    • Language: en-GB
  8. Forgotten Super User Password in Joomla 2.5.x - 3.xhttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/forgotten-super-user-password-in-joomla.html

    Login to your Joomla database Go to the #__users database table (where #_ is the prefix to your joomla tables) Find the column password and the row of your known user and Copy the text there Find the row of your forgotten user and Paste the text there....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  9. SSRS Repeat Headers in PDF Reporthttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-repeat-headers-in-pdf-report.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    include the tablix header... obviously). I right-clicked on the header row of the tablix and checked the box "Repeat header columns on each page. Situation I have a report which has been set to landscape with zero margins specified. Although BIDS...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  10. SSRS Change Background Color of Imagehttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-change-background-color-of-image.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    types of results: Success, Failure, Unknown. My images are circles with the background being transparent. I want the first column to display an image based on the status result. If I simply insert an image, the report would use the background color of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  11. SSRS Display question mark when date is blankhttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-display-question-mark-when-date-is-blank.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Premium Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise What? So I have a column in an SSRS report which displays a date. Being rather pernickety, I would like a question mark to display if there is no date...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  12. Convert a delimited string to tablehttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/convert-a-delimited-string-to-table.html

    Return: ID Value ------ ---------------- 1 Title 2 Forenames 3 Surname Note the below example omits the ID column and just leaves VALUE. Why? Do we need a reason? How? For SQL Server 2005 or later, using T-SQL: DECLARE @myStringToParse VARCHAR(max),...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: *
  13. Oracle SQL - Convert given list (CSV) into Rowshttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/oracle-pl-sql/oracle-sql-convert-given-list-csv-into-rows.html

    for me. Taken from the Oracle forums @ https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=6861756 Situation I have one column of values that I've suffixed a comma to but I want to display this as a rows in a table. This is for Oracle PL/SQL. My...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Oracle PL/SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  14. MySQL Updating a database table from another tablehttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/mysql-updating-a-database-table-from-another-table.html

    A quick article on how to populate a database column from another table using a string comparison. Why? I have several database tables which replicate country names and I would rather they all use the ccTLD two letter code. This article was written...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  15. Converting SQL date in PHP to European date format and vice-versahttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/php/converting-sql-date-in-php-to-european-date-format-and-vice-versa.html

    $formatted_datetime=implode("/", array_reverse($this_date_array))." ".$this_time; Replace the variable names and the SQL column and table names as per your setup. Converts 2001-06-25 09:41:00 to 25/06/2001 09:41:00 And Vice-Versa:...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Personal Home Page
    • Language: en-GB
  16. Joes Chart Generator (JCG) Downloadshttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-chart-generator-jcg-downloads.html?catid=105&Itemid=165

    Version Platform ChangeLog Options 1.0 + Group all the data by a specified column + Generate interactive flash charts - Date Uploaded: Wed, 15th Sep 2010 Download

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Downloads
    • Language: *
  17. Convert Decimal (Person Days) to Time in Excelhttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/convert-decimal-person-days-to-time-in-excel.html?catid=110&Itemid=165

    projects by IT Service colleagues. The main report is a pivot table with staff members along the top, tasks down the first column, and time spent in the form of person days in the cross-join. Why? Currently the smallest bookable time by low-level tape...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Excel
    • Language: en-GB
  18. MS Excel - Open CSV with Long Numbershttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/ms-excel-open-csv-with-long-numbers.html?catid=110&Itemid=165

    what to do with it. It doesn't. Saving the data source as a text file means that Excel will prompt you what to do with each column: 1. Specify that the data is delimited 2. Specify the data is delimited by commas 3. Specify which columns should be...

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