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

28 January 2013 What? This is a quick note on finding the last occurrence of a string in a longer string. This has to be 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...

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

T-SQL Conversion failed when converting the varchar to data type inthttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/t-sql-conversion-failed-when-converting-the-varchar-to-data-type-int.html

14 May 2013 What? A very quick note in case I forget this one. If you are trying to join two tables and receiving the error "Conversion failed when converting the varchar value 'B110' to data type int" then read on. How? So where does the 'B110' string come from,...

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

Zoho Deluge: Convert Map to URL Parametershttps://joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/zoho-deluge-convert-map-to-url-parameters.html

09 March 2020 define a map: m_Payload = Map(); m_Payload.put("client_id","my-unique-client-id"); m_Payload.put("redirect_uri","https://www.joellipman.com"); m_Payload.put("response_type","code"); m_Payload.put("scope","my_api_scopes");...

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

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

23 August 2013 Applies to Transact-SQL (T-SQL) What? This is a quick article on how to split a single row into multipe rows based on the value of a column in the same table. Why? I have a table that has all the days of sickness of employees. This table contains, which...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Transact-SQL
• Language: *

Compare two databases using T-SQLhttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/compare-two-databases-using-t-sql.html

24 September 2013 Applies to: MS SQL Server Management Studio 2008 Two Transact-SQL databases What? A quick article on how to compare two Microsoft databases using the tools provided with SQL Server and without having to download any third-party products. Why? I googled...

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

Convert to Proper Case in T-SQLhttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/convert-to-proper-case-in-t-sql.html

04 June 2014 What? So this is an article exploring how to convert UPPERCASE text into mixed case. The feed is originally for a personnel feed so it won't be converting long paragraphs of English text. Instead it will be applied to names and addresses as well as job...

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

T-SQL functions to convert Strings to Tableshttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/t-sql-functions-to-convert-strings-to-tables.html

20 August 2014 Applies to: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Microsoft SQL Server 2012 What? These were in a solution and I thought I'd note them on my site so I can refer to them more easily. How? Let's start with a function that just converts a string of words delimited...

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

Basic Oracle Function Structurehttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/oracle-pl-sql/basic-oracle-function-structure.html

15 January 2012 What? I need to refer to how to create a function in Oracle PL/SQL and sites on the net just attempt to overcomplicate everything and have forgotten how it is to be new to Oracle. I need a function in it's simplest form and if I want to torture my...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Oracle PL/SQL
• Language: en-GB

Zoho Deluge: Push a value to a datetime field in CRMhttps://joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge/zoho-deluge-push-a-value-to-a-datetime-field-in-crm.html

10 September 2021 What? A very quick article to show pushing the date and time to ZohoCRM or ZohoCreator. Why? You may have received an error that goes something like: datatype: datetime How? Here are some formatting examples: Creator to CRM: v_CreatorTime =...

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

Zoho Finance Suite Schedule: PATTERN NOT MATCHEDhttps://joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-books/zoho-finance-suite-schedule-pattern-not-matched.html

12 June 2023 What? A super quick article on resolving this issue if it ever appears again. Why? At time of print, this error was happening to schedules in Zoho Books, Zoho Inventory, and Zoho Subscriptions. Unless you can monitor when these type of schedules are...

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

Zoho CRM: Make Upload File Field Mandatoryhttps://joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm/zoho-crm-make-upload-file-field-mandatory.html

18 December 2024 What? A quick article on making an "upload file" field mandatory. Why? Because for some reason, it wouldn't appear as selectable when I tried using a layout rule. Probably everyone else has figured this out and I'm just late to the party. How? Through...

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

Advanced RokStories Stylinghttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/advanced-rokstories-styling.html

01 July 2009 RokStories has been overhauled to provide the spectacular display that you see on this demo. The module adapts depending on your image size, so no need to manually create rounded corners on your images, RokStories will do the rest. The custom features...

• Type: Article
• Author: Webmaster
• Category: Joomla
• Language: *

Add a template to the dropdown in Kunenahttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/add-a-template-to-the-dropdown-in-kunena.html

20 September 2009 This is what I had to do to be able to add another template to the dropdown in the Kunena configuration panel: Download your site from your server to a copy on your local disk (hard disk, flash drive, etc) Make sure that the...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Joomla
• Language: *

Docman - Uploaded a document and can't see ithttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/docman-uploaded-a-document-and-cant-see-it.html

29 June 2009 As with all Joomla articles and files, you need to check that they have been published and approved. Sometimes you don't have to and it's all automatic, but if they're not showing: Check that they're in the right section and category Check that they...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Joomla
• Language: *

Basic Oracle Stored Procedure Structurehttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/oracle-pl-sql/basic-oracle-stored-procedure-structure.html

16 January 2012 Previously For a basic Oracle function, visit my article Basic Oracle Function Structure. For a more advanced version which uses cursors to work with SSRS, see my article Oracle Stored Procedures in SSRS. What? I asked someone for a simple, easy and...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Oracle PL/SQL
• Language: en-GB

No rows returned in Oracle causes SP to failhttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/oracle-pl-sql/no-rows-returned-in-oracle-causes-sp-to-fail.html

24 January 2012 Why? We have a stored procedure which contains two select queries. The first query will retrieve a student ID number where the input parameter is the student's username. The second query will return data using the student ID number found in the first...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Oracle PL/SQL
• Language: en-GB

Data Randomization Function in Oracle PL/SQLhttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/oracle-pl-sql/data-randomization-function-in-oracle-plsql.html

22 August 2012 What? This article describes a function that will return random data based on a given value. The function intends to determine the data type and return data that is absolutely irrelevant to the original data but the same length and the same type of...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Oracle PL/SQL
• Language: en-GB

Fix Oracle Tnsping 3511 without Windows Registryhttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/oracle-pl-sql/fix-oracle-tnsping-3511-without-windows-registry.html

04 March 2013 Applies to: - MS Windows 7 Enterprise What? So I can ping the server the Oracle 11g database sits on. I've installed the Oracle 11g client tools and can connect using sqlplus. But if I tnsping any oracle database, I get something along the lines of:...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Oracle PL/SQL
• Language: en-GB

Database Error: Unable to connect to the database: Could not connect to MySQLhttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/database-error-unable-to-connect-to-the-database-could-not-connect-to-mysql.html

25 September 2009 I've been looking into this for a friend and going through forums to investigate this error. After you've checked your database connection details, I find what FisherC said below is the most probable cause for the error. FisherC says: I have the same...

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

MySQL Data Type Reference Tablehttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/mysql-data-type-reference-table.html

15 February 2010 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