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  1. SSRS: Performance Improvements: SELECT TOPhttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-performance-improvements-select-top.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    Studio (BIDS / VS2008), the IDE would crash and close without warnings or notifications. We found that if the query only returned 1000 rows, it completed and displayed in just under 1 minute. If limited to 500 rows, it would complete in just under 40...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  2. Run commands for Windowshttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/run-commands-for-windows.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    At The Next Boot) sfc /scanonce System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) sfc /scanboot System File Checker Utility (Return Scan Setting To Default) sfc /revert System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache) sfc /purgecache System File Checker...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: en-GB
  3. Apple Magic Trackpad with Windows 11 Intelhttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/apple-magic-trackpad-with-windows-11-intel.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

    but the latter restored it along with gestures). > Browse... > Select the downloaded file in the "AppleBcUpdate" folder. Return to "Settings" > "Bluetooth" > and you should see a Magic Trackpad - but not connected. Try switching the trackpad on and off...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: *
  4. The ReportServer Databasehttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/the-reportserver-database.html

    error is recorded ByteCount bigint NOT NULL Size of rendered reports in bytes. RowCount bigint NOT NULL Number of rows returned from queries. Conversions Needed: I want to convert a start and end date to a single time value (hours minutes seconds...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Databases
    • Language: en-GB
  5. Returned a data type that is not validhttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/returned-a-data-type-that-is-not-valid.html

    report processing. An error has occurred during report processing. The Group expression used in grouping 'table1_month' returned a data type that is not valid. My DataSet Query was as follows: SELECT CONCAT(MONTHNAME(t1.Date), ' ', YEAR(t1.Date)) Month,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  6. DataJumble - Shuffling characters in a data valuehttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/data-shuffling-function.html

    DROP FUNCTION ufn_DataJumble ; GO -- Create user defined function CREATE FUNCTION ufn_DataJumble ( @OrigVal varchar(max) ) RETURNS varchar(max) WITH ENCRYPTION AS BEGIN -- Variables used DECLARE @NewVal varchar(max); DECLARE @OrigLen int; DECLARE...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  7. Copy a table with structure and data into a temporary tablehttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/copy-a-table-with-structure-and-data-into-a-temporary-table.html

    at least the idea of): SELECT * INTO #MyTempTable FROM @GivenTable If @GivenTable is a parameter then the above will simply return an error. Also, if it was this easy, I wouldn't need to post this note on my website. Thinking outside of the box Hooray...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  8. Stored Procedure to List Distinct Values and Countshttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/stored-procedure-to-list-distinct-values-and-counts.html

    ** ** EXEC [usp_ListDistinctValuesAndCounts] 'myDB.dbo.myTable', 'myColumn1,myColumn2', 'Latin1_General_CS_AS'; ** ** ** ** Return Values : Table of three columns: ** ** - myValue: the distinct values ** ** - myColumn: the column this value was found...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: *
  9. DataTumble - Randomize Data Rowshttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/t-sql/datatumble-randomize-data-rows.html

    Data to be scrambled. Can be null ** ** ** ** Outputs: ** ** The Data in @ColumnName column will be scrambled ** ** ** ** Return Values: ** ** None ** ** ** ** Before: ** ** ID Name DateOfBirth ** ** --------- ------------ ----------- ** ** 1 John...

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

    FUNCTION ufn_DataScramble ; GO -- Create user defined function CREATE FUNCTION ufn_DataScramble ( @OrigVal varchar(max) ) RETURNS varchar(max) WITH ENCRYPTION AS BEGIN -- Variables used DECLARE @NewVal varchar(max); DECLARE @OrigLen int; DECLARE...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Transact-SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  11. Basic Oracle Stored Procedure Structurehttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/oracle-pl-sql/basic-oracle-stored-procedure-structure.html

    run standard PL/SQL commands... unless they're run from within a stored procedure. Our aim is to run a small query first to return the ID of the student, and then to use this number in a second query which we're hoping will be quicker than a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Oracle PL/SQL
    • Language: en-GB
  12. 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

    but similar tables. I'm looking to query the Title and the Introductions of any valid articles from BOTH tables and return one table with everything I want. Consider the following two tables exist: Joomla Articles (table name: jos_content): id title...

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

    in his last year. He used functions to mktime and simulate the dates. A function goes in with a normal calendar date and returns an academic week number and the week commencing date. Problem? The 1st of January 2010 was a Friday. The 1st of January 2011...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  14. 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

    0; -- counter for the loop DECLARE str_len INT; -- string length,self explanatory DECLARE out_str text DEFAULT ''; -- return string holder DECLARE temp_str text DEFAULT ''; -- temporary string holder DECLARE temp_val VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT ''; --...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  15. Error 1065: Query was Emptyhttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/error-1065-query-was-empty.html

    common. Why? Bespoke systems are the usual suspects. Developers will have told the system what to do when newline, carriage returns and tab characters are entered in the data. Those who are security-conscious will also make their system escape...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: *
  16. Country Lookup by IP address CSVhttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/country-lookup-by-ip-address.html

    where www.mysite.com is your website where you uploaded this script. // should return China Any questions, suggestions? We are looking to add the ability to generate this data using other sources and in time a region by IP for more accuracy. Feel free...

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

    list to specify characters that you do not want to match. Characters that are not in the non-matching character list are returned as a match. For example, to exclude the characters 'a', 'b', and 'c' from your search results, use the following regular...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Web-Development
    • Language: *
  18. CSS Add Text to Breadcrumb Link with a Transitionhttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/css/css-add-text-to-breadcrumb-link-with-a-transition.html

    on it: What I have » Home / Products / Lanterns What I want (on mouseover) // if I hover the mouse over the "Home" link: » Return to Home / Products / Lanterns // if I hover the mouse over the "Products" link: » Home / More Products / Lanterns // if I...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Cascading Stylesheets
    • Language: *
  19. Parse a HTML Table into a ListViewhttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/html/parse-a-html-table-into-a-listview.html

    Needle1b ) Needle2 := InStr( Haystack, Needle2a, false, Needle1 ) NeedleLen := Needle2 - Needle1 NeedleMarker := Needle2 ReturnedHTMLTable := SubStr( Haystack, Needle1, NeedleLen ) ; split the table into rows...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Hypertext Markup Language
    • Language: en-GB
  20. Sort an associative array by values in Javascripthttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/js/sort-an-associative-array-by-values-in-javascript.html

    What? An article on how to quickly adapt an array code and sort by its values. Surprising how many examples are on the web and everyone saying you're doing it wrong... Which is true but quite unhelpful. The original code is not my own either but that's...

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