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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.1.0.9 Released

IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.1.0.9 for IBM MQ V9.1 LTS: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-9109 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.2.0.3 Released

IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.2.0.3 for IBM MQ V9.2 LTS: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6474635 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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MQ Request/Reply Scenario with Async Getter Thread

Ok. Continuing on with the previous blog posting here, the StackOverflow user says that s/he wants the getter component to be run in a separate thread. To me, the request does not really make a lot of sense. If the user wants to do a Get with CorrelId then they should be coding for synchronous […]

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Put 2 Messages with Unique CorrelId and Get 1 Message by CorrelId

On StackOverflow, someone asked a question about putting 2 messages on a queue with unique correlation ids and then retrieve a message with a particular correlation id. Here is a fully functioning Java/MQ program that will put 2 messages on a queue with unique correlation ids and then retrieve a message with a particular correlation […]

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Enhancement to MQ Auditor

Capitalware has an MQ solution called MQ Auditor. MQ Auditor is a solution that allows a company to audit/track all MQ API calls performed by MQ applications that are connected to a queue manager. I have enhanced MQ Auditor with a new keyword called ExcludePCFMessages. It has a default value of ‘N’. When it is […]

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Capitalware Product Advisory – MQ Auditor

A bug was discovered in Capitalware’s MQ Auditor related to PCF response message for the PCF MQCMD_INQUIRE_Q_NAMES command. The PCF response message to the MQCMD_INQUIRE_Q_NAMES command has 2 parts: list of queues and list of queue types. To format the queue types (i.e. local, alias, etc.), the code used a 1024 byte static array. The […]

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IBM MQ Knowledge Center Icons

IBM keeps added more and more icons in the MQ Knowledge Center to highlight which platforms and/or versions that a particular feature is supported on. You can find a complete list and explanation of the icons on the following MQ Knowledge Center page: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/latest?topic=mq-release-platform-icons-in-product-documentation Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.1.0.8 Released

IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.1.0.8 for IBM MQ V9.1 LTS: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-9108 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Java MQ Code to Clear a Queue of Messages

If you have done the following runmqsc command to clear a queue: And you wanted to do the same thing via a program, here is a fully functioning Java MQ example that will connect to a remote queue manager, issue a PCF “Clear Queue” command, get the PCF response messages and output if the PCF […]

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Updates to My ByteArray Class

Last year, I posted a blog item called Java’s Missing Byte Array Class regarding the missing ByteArray class in Java and I published my ByteArray class for all to use. I have fixed a bug in the getBytes method and added 2 new methods: public int convertToInt_BE() public void replaceAndResize(byte[] oldByteArray, byte[] newByteArray) I have […]

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