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  1. DataScramble - Randomizing data rowshttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/datascramble-randomizing-data-rows.html

    using the DataTumble script over this one as this leaves data very difficult to work with: Before: StudentID StudentName DateOfBirth ----------- -------------------- ------------- 1 John Smith 1990-03-21 2 Fred Bloggs 1988-11-02 3 Another User...

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

    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 parameters...ouch......and it was so easy up to here... Tables of interest StaffActivities...the one users...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  3. Zoho Deluge - Get Full Day Namehttps://joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/zoho-deluge-get-full-day-name.html

    This is a very quick note with the code to retrieve the full day name from a date (eg. "Monday"). Why? If I use the toString() function to get the day, it only returns the first 3 letters of the day (eg. "Mon"). My_Date = today; Day_Name =...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Deluge
    • Language: *
  4. Set default parameter dates to start and end of monthhttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/set-default-parameter-dates-to-start-and-end-of-month.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    The requirement in a lot of my reports in SSRS has always been a date range rather than just the one date. The user must be allowed to select all results between two dates instead of just specifying the one day. If the second parameter (ToDate) is the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: *
  5. MySQL day of week ending on Fridayhttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/mysql-day-of-week-ending-on-friday.html

    Week Ending Date has been requested a lot more frequently now. It's an odd one but the example below shows how to do this for when the week ends on Friday. Assuming it starts on the previous Saturday. Why? Problems with MySQL weeks always starting on...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  6. ZohoDeluge: Get All eBay Orders Given a From and Till Datehttps://joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/zohodeluge-get-all-ebay-orders-given-a-from-and-till-date.html

    the Orders in XML format: /* Function: fn_eBay_GetOrders() Purpose: Queries eBay for all orders given a from and till date Date Created: 2023-02-28 (Joel Lipman) - Initial release Date Modified: ???? - ??? More Info: - API Explorer Test Tool:...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Deluge
    • Language: *
  7. 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

    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 to populate the field. Why? At the moment,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  8. MS-DOS: Copy folders without overwriting fileshttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/ms-dos-copy-folders-without-overwriting-files.html?catid=51&Itemid=165

    :: MINimum file size - exclude files smaller than n bytes. /MAXAGE:n :: MAXimum file AGE - exclude files older than n days/date. /MINAGE:n :: MINimum file AGE - exclude files newer than n days/date. /MAXLAD:n :: MAXimum Last Access Date - exclude files...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MS-DOS
    • Language: en-GB
  9. Zoho People: Get Performance Records over APIhttps://joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-people/zoho-people-get-performance-records-over-api.html

    we need to Zoho Analytics to produce an Objectives report with the requested columns. Inputs: int p_RecordID Outputs: - Date Created: 2025-09-18 (Joel Lipman) - Initial release Date Modified: ??? - ???...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho People
    • Language: *
  10. Google Authentication - OAuth 2.0 using PHP/cURLhttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/google-authentication-oauth-2-0-using-php-curl.html?catid=61&Itemid=165

    a script to simply be loaded and to either create a token file, or use the existing one as long as it hasn't expired. Update 2019 This script requires a user to authenticate the google account. I have a newer article called Google Drive API v3 - OAuth2...

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

    be usable mySQL statements to get all the numbers: Yesterdays -- CURRENT: count todays SELECT COUNT(id) FROM Table1 WHERE DATE(registerDate)=DATE(NOW()); -- BEFORE: count yesterdays total SELECT COUNT(id) FROM Table1 WHERE...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  12. AutoHotkey Format Date and Format Secondshttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/autohotkey-format-date-and-format-seconds.html?catid=48&Itemid=165

    you can tell these are my messed up functions that convert dates into seconds and vice-versa. They're a little disorganised but they're the ones I copy and paste to my scripts then modify. In it's straightforward form FormatTime( TimeString, Format ) {...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: AutoHotkey
    • Language: en-GB
  13. ZohoCRM: Import Attachmentshttps://joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm/zohocrm-import-attachments.html

    on 'Save and Next' and you will be asked to check your other CSV files... The only correction I had here is to specify the date/time format: On the Review screen it tells you how many fields were mapped. Amazing but not as useful as it is interesting:...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho CRM
    • Language: *
  14. ZohoDeluge: Check Shipment Status via DHL APIhttps://joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/zohodeluge-check-shipment-status-via-dhl-api.html

    Purpose: Queries DHL for tracking information about a shipment and returns the status code (eg. "delivered") Date Created: 2023-03-21 (Joel Lipman) - Initial release Date Modified: 2023-03-21 (Joel Lipman) - ??? More Info: - DHL Developer Portal:...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Deluge
    • Language: *
  15. Migrate Joomla! 1.5.x to 2.5.x+https://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/migrating-from-joomla-15-to-16.html

    Update June 2013 - How to use this migration script: Make a backup copy of your old Joomla website (1.5.x) Download and install the latest Joomla CMS Go through the Joomla Web-based Installation GUI until the process deletes the Installation folder....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  16. Joes Revolver Map (JRM) Downloadshttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-revolver-map-jrm-downloads.html?catid=105&Itemid=165

    Restored colors and new colors given - Enhancement: Compatible with Joomla v2.5.x - Fixed: Backwards compatible parameters updated - Date Uploaded: Fri, 16th Jan 2015 Download 1.5 - Enhancement: Updated widget from RevolverMaps in HTML5 - Enhancement:...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Downloads
    • Language: *
  17. Yesterday's time in PHPhttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/php/yesterdays-time-in-php.html

    tip or note to self: How to get yesterday's date irrespective of date format or daylight savings time. $today=date("Y-m-d"); $yesterday = date('Y-m-d', mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m") , date("d") - 1, date("Y")));

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Personal Home Page
    • Language: en-GB
  18. MS Excel - Sort pivottable column headings by datehttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/sort-pivottable-column-headings-by-date.html?catid=110&Itemid=165

    bug where it couldn't work out that 10 (Wednesday) happened after 8 (Monday). How? See the following screenshot and note the dates for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday: Note how amusingly Microsoft thinks Wednesdays come before Mondays... but...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Excel
    • Language: en-GB
  19. Zoho Deluge - First Monday of Month or Last Tuesday of Monthhttps://joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/zoho-deluge-first-monday-of-month-or-last-tuesday-of-month.html

    An article on setting a date field to either the first Monday of the next month or to the last Tuesday of the current/next month. What I mean by the last Tuesday is if the last Tuesday of the month is before the current date, then set it to the last...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Deluge
    • Language: en-GB
  20. Zoho Deluge: Duplicate/Clone a Recordhttps://joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/zoho-deluge-duplicate-clone-a-record.html

    This function duplicates a CRM invoice Parameters: p_InvoiceID (CRM ID of the invoice) Returns: Nothing Author: Joel Lipman Date Created: 2020-03-17 */ // get all field names for the Invoices module via API l_FieldApiNames = List(); r_Fields = invokeurl...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Zoho Deluge
    • Language: *
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