Alternate row background colour in Reporting Serviceshttps://joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/alternate-row-background-colour-in-reporting-services.html

04 February 2011 borders as well. I want a bigger border at the bottom of the overall report and a light one to divide each record. Staying within the properties pane, you can do the following: BorderColor: #efefef, , , White,...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: *

T-SQL DateTimestampshttps://joellipman.com/articles/database/t-sql/t-sql-datetimestamps.html

23 March 2011 a list from databases.aspfaq.com but the convert numbers didn't correspond to the output formats. This is my list created within my environment and setup (see above).

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

Developer's Checklist: Taking over a projecthttps://joellipman.com/articles/web-development/developers-checklist-taking-over-a-project.html

01 March 2011 left the institution. It was a custom-built site written from scratch, and it's purpose was to manage Staff and Students within the Additional Learning Needs group. These are staff who take lecture notes for people of all disabilities and assist the...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Web-Development
• Language: *

Stop Excel Row Height Self-Adjust on Refreshhttps://joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/excel/stop-excel-row-height-self-adjust-on-refresh.html

30 September 2011 I add a newline in front of and after the 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,...

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

SSRS AlphaNumeric Parameter Validationhttps://joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-alphanumeric-validation.html

07 November 2011 on parameters submitted, we had to apply a similar IIF statement block to the Font color and the Action target as well within SSRS.

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB

SSRS Zero Paddinghttps://joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-zero-padding.html

10 November 2011 this at the database level, mainly because it meant modifying the SQL query. The zero padding would need to be applicable within an MDX query. The Situation We have a database using Oracle 10g, and a SQL Server Reporting Services v2008 R2 environment....

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: *

Returning Oracle Stored Procedure Resultset in SSRShttps://joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/returning-oracle-stored-procedure-resultset-in-ssrs.html

19 January 2012 mentioned in the above OUT variables: DECLARE p_STUDENT_REF number(8); p_STUDENT_DETAILS varchar2(255); -- putting a begin within otherwise I get warning errors (with an end!) BEGIN -- initial query to get me the student ID based on the inputted...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB

MySQL: Display Users and Duration in Matrix Timesheethttps://joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/mysql-display-users-and-duration-in-matrix-timesheet.html

27 April 2012 starts on Monday 00:00 and ends on Sunday 23:59. Putting it together Your first query should loop through the users list, within the loop run the activities query and replace the string "STRING_TO_REPLACE_PER_ITERATION" with the User ID. Something like:...

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

Basic Joomla 2.5 Mootools Formhttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/basic-joomla-25-mootools-form.html

20 August 2012 mootools (uncompressed?). This is intended for absolute novices (like me) who just want to see an example of an AJAX form within Joomla 1.6.x - 2.5.x in it's most basic state. At time of print, I am using this with Joomla 2.5.6. Why? The examples of the...

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

Slideshow div layer through a windowhttps://joellipman.com/articles/web-development/mootools/slideshow-div-layer-through-a-window.html

11 September 2012 to create a div layer that I can see through (like a window with no glass) and for all the flashy stuff, to only appear within the boundary of the parent div layer. Why? I'm making a slideshow from scratch. How? The idea is: Use two main div layers, I'm...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: MooTools Framework
• Language: *

Sync Outlook 2007 Shared Calendar with SharePoint 2007https://joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/sharepoint/sync-outlook-2007-shared-calendar-with-sharepoint-2007.html

09 November 2012 understand recurring events. My workaround for this was to copy the recurring event to the SharePoint calendar, then from within SharePoint to open the event and specify the recurrence rate. Sharing is Caring Now my colleagues have set up the calendar...

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

Generate Academic Calendar using MySQLhttps://joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/generate-academic-calendar-using-mysql.html

27 November 2012 DESC LIMIT 0,1 ) ORDER BY calendar.weekNumber Same Query but without using % (avoids MySQL Error 1065: Works within PHP scripts) SELECT calendar.WeekNumber AS AcademicWeek, CONCAT( DAYOFMONTH(calendar.StartDate), '-',...

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

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

07 December 2012 the view if it already exists IF OBJECT_ID ('vwRandom', 'V') IS NOT NULL DROP VIEW vwRandom ; GO -- Used to reference RAND within a function CREATE VIEW vwRandom AS SELECT RAND() as RandomValue; GO The Function -- Drop the function if it already exists...

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

Joes Syntax Styler (JSS)https://joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-syntax-styler-jss.html?catid=40

06 April 2013 a complex solution? So here I am making my own again. I wanted something really basic that simply lets me style content within the tags: Use PHP or JavaScript (avoiding Framework conflicts) You select what words are highlighted what color. Uses separate...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Product Documentation
• Language: *

Things to Check if Joomla Password Reminder email not being senthttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/things-to-check-if-joomla-password-reminder-email-not-being-sent.html

09 May 2013 A quick article on a frequent question I get asked. This refers to an issue within the Joomla CMS (version 2.5.x) where it fails to email users who reset their password. How? A few things to check: Check the email message even exists: Login to your...

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

SSIS Script: convert UPPERCASE to Mixed-Case using TitleCasehttps://joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssis/ssis-script-convert-uppercase-to-mixed-case-using-titlecase.html

04 October 2013 which can be enabled for debug purposes. // This could produce extensive logs so this event should normally be disabled within the package logging! public override void RegisterLogEntries() { this.LogEntryInfos.Add(DebugLogEventName,...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Integration Services
• Language: en-GB

Generate a Timesheet in MySQL https://joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/generate-a-timesheet-in-mysql.html

05 December 2013 Similar systems have popped out that support some form of time recording and activity logging. The example below however is within a LAMP/MySQL environment but the SQL basics are here to help me adapt it to whatever environment people keep throwing at...

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

SSRS Stop Scrolling Behindhttps://joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-stop-scrolling-behind.html

08 April 2014 nothing is kept visible while scrolling. This issue is specific to my template because the entire report is displayed within a tablix (contains row groups, no column groups). The headers do not stay fixed at the top of the page anymore but then this...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB

Convert XML UTF-16 to JSON UTF-8 with PHP cURLhttps://joellipman.com/articles/web-development/php/convert-xml-utf-16-to-json-utf-8-with-php-curl.html

28 March 2015 loading UTF16 content into SimpleXMLElement or simplexml_load_string, it doesn't solve my problem. I'm receiving XML data within a cURL result but I get the above error with using either "SimpleXMLElement" or "simplexml_load_string". Returning the XML...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Personal Home Page
• Language: en-GB

Import Excel CSV file as JavaScript arrayhttps://joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/excel/import-excel-csv-file-as-javascript-array.html

05 October 2015 with comments: - Uses deprecated XMLHttpRequest to get file contents - Loops through each row and splits by commas (not within quotes) - Sorts the final array by a object label function populate_array_from_csv(this_file){ // using deprecated...

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