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  1. T-SQL example of Case-Sensitive Soundexhttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/t-sql-example-of-case-sensitive-soundex.html

    how to use a SOUNDEX in a select and then listing all the variations based on case-sensitivity. Why? We have a database with data in it. For a particular column we have setup default values, let's use the example "Data Not Yet Available". Unfortunately...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  2. DataScramble - Randomizing data rowshttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/datascramble-randomizing-data-rows.html

    Along with my DataJumble function and DataTumble procedure which also help scramble database tables sent to suppliers/developers, this is a function which simply finds random characters and inserts these. I would recommend using the DataTumble script...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  3. Split a row into multiple rows based on a column valuehttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/split-a-row-into-multiple-rows-based-on-a-column-value.html

    1999-02-25 003 1.00 1999-02-26 Some thing(s) to consider: User running the SQL query needs permission to read the master database. If run by a service account, ask a DBA to emulate the user for testing. the Items column may vary from 1 and 10+. Not sure...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  4. T-SQL: Parse an XML valuehttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/t-sql-parse-an-xml-value.html

    to parse or extract values from a string containing XML code. Why? I'm working with a system which stores XML strings in a database and rather than a separate file, it stores these in a row. How? Assuming the following data exists in the column...

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

    A data type reference table. If you're designing a database then you don't need me to tell you what this is. My personal opinion is to always try to use the minimal type and length of the value required. For example, a comment of 500 words should only...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  6. MySQL: Find records in one table that are not in another.https://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/mysql-find-records-in-one-table-that-are-not-in-another.html

    running via the front-end and back-end. It's MediaWiki CMS used by Wikipedia.org and the like. I like queries against this database because it involves linking a lot of tables and outputting... just articles and their titles. I have another table...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  7. Inserting incremental weeks in MySQLhttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/inserting-incremental-weeks-in-mysql.html

    Situation: I have a silly database table (not mine) storing CMIS Facility week numbers and their starting dates. For those of you unfamiliar with this system, the reason week numbers are different to normal people's week numbers is because these are...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  8. MySQL last year week month day trend periodshttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/mysql-last-year-week-month-day-trend.html

    with yesterdays up to the same hour. How? I used to use a lot more PHP but since becoming an analyst, I do more at the database level now. What follows should be usable mySQL statements to get all the numbers: Yesterdays -- CURRENT: count todays SELECT...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  9. Getting the mysql where in delimited string to workhttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/getting-the-mysql-where-in-delimited-string-to-work.html

    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...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  10. MySQL: Display Users and Duration in Matrix Timesheethttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/mysql-display-users-and-duration-in-matrix-timesheet.html

    Data Activities by employees with start dates and end dates in a mySQL database. Objective User Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Total --------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --------- Me 09:00 07:30 08:00 07:00 06:00 00:00...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  11. Generate a Timesheet in MySQL https://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/generate-a-timesheet-in-mysql.html

    This article is to remind me how to create a blank weekly timesheet which reads the duration of events from a database and auto-completes your timesheet. Why? I'm being tasked to work with EPM (Microsoft Enterprise Project Management) more and more....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: *
  12. Developer's Checklist: Taking over a projecthttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/developers-checklist-taking-over-a-project.html

    sometimes) Service Transition Security rights/roles in the system (reasons for different accesses) Get all known logins (database, ftp, sftp, ssl, site logins: test & admins) List all files, their purpose (consider a spreadsheet of all active/legacy...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Web-Development
    • Language: *
  13. What's the problem? Amusing computer issueshttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/whats-the-problem-amusing-computer-reports.html

    to unlock the record they are viewing". "Oh that person isn't at work today". "Well someone on that computer has locked a database record.". "Well my colleague who's using that computer is in a meeting but I can login and do this for you". IT Policy: Do...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Web-Development
    • Language: *
  14. Regular Expression Basic Usage Exampleshttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/regular-expression-basic-usage-examples.html

    This expression matches both 'N' and 'ñ' in the following string: El Niño Source(s): Using Regular Expressions With Oracle Database

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Web-Development
    • Language: *
  15. UTF8 Unicode PHP MySQL for International Charactershttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/php/utf8-unicode-php-mysql-for-international-characters.html

    were displaying the correct characters for that language set. I needed to make my extension read data from a MySQL database and display the caracters as intended with UTF8. I tried enough extensions and forum solutions, and although these changes would...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Personal Home Page
    • Language: en-GB
  16. PHP & MySQL Search Enginehttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/php/php-a-mysql-search-engine.html

    { # remove terms that are not long enough (so no searches for the letter "e") # remove terms that are in the omit word database if ((!in_array($term, $omit_search_words))&&(strlen($term)>=$MinimimumStringLength)) { $omitted_words_array[]=$term;...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Personal Home Page
    • Language: en-GB
  17. SITS: Export field code and namehttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/xml/sits-export-field-code-and-name.html

    XET export and you should get something like: 5826|England Almost! If the code and it's short name/full name exist in the database, this works accordingly. If however, for some reason the code does not exist the code lookup will fail: -- If CODE=0000...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Extensible Markup Language
    • Language: *
  18. Joes Quicklist Weblinks (JQW) Downloadshttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-quicklist-weblinks-jqw-downloads.html?catid=105&Itemid=165

    Inline Images - Removed Parameter: Force No Borders - Removed Parameter: Display rank - Enhancement: Model handles database and library variables, Views controls the HTML layout - And tweaks so I have as little to setup on each website :c) - Date...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Downloads
    • Language: *
  19. 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

    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...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Excel
    • Language: en-GB
  20. Excel: convert degrees minutes seconds to decimalhttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/excel-convert-degrees-minutes-seconds-to-decimal.html?catid=110&Itemid=165

    numbers should be supported. I tend to use Excel to reduce the decimal point to only 7 decimal places (for importing to a database where DECIMAL(10,7) ). Merging the lot If B1 contains the coordinates and there is a space after the first letter (N or...

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