Archive for the Category: Programming

IBM MQ JMS Message Named Property Issues

May 16, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Ah, the joys of writing applications for IBM MQ and inevitable customer support that goes with it. 🙂 Late last week, a customer contacted me with an issue with MQ Visual Edit (MQVE) saying after adding Named Properties (i.e. mcd.Msd, etc.) to a regular message which should turn it into a JMS message, they could […]

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IBM MQ Lab Speakers’ Sessions for MQTC v2.0.1.8

April 27, 2018 Roger Lacroix

The IBM MQ Lab in Hursley, UK will be sending a group of speakers (speakers names TBA) to MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8 (MQTC). Here are the list of sessions so far: What’s New in IBM MQ Introduction to IBM MQ Benefiting from the IBM MQ Appliance Introduction to MQ Publish/Subscribe Running MQ in the Cloud […]

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Creating A JMS (MQRFH2) Message in non-JMS Java Application

April 11, 2018 Roger Lacroix

This is the third post regarding JMS (MQRFH2) messages in non-JMS application. The previous 2 are: Handling A JMS (MQRFH2) Message in non-JMS Java Application JMS (MQRFH2) Message But The User Sees Garbage If you want to create JMS messages then the simplest solution is to use the IBM MQ classes for JMS. In case […]

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Handling A JMS (MQRFH2) Message in non-JMS Java Application

April 10, 2018 Roger Lacroix

In the post ‘JMS (MQRFH2) Message But The User Sees Garbage‘, I wrote about how to properly view a JMS message (aka MQRFH2 message) on an MQ queue. I mentioned in the posting that non-JMS applications can be coded to deal with JMS messages. So in this posting, I’ll show you code for handling both […]

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SQLite v3.23.1 Released

April 10, 2018 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.23.1. http://www.sqlite.org/news.html SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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JMS (MQRFH2) Message But The User Sees Garbage

April 6, 2018 Roger Lacroix

I swear at least once a month I read about someone complaining that they are seeing garbage (unreadable) output when they try to read their JMS (aka MQRFH2) message in IBM MQ. The user will put a message to a queue with their JMS application then try and read it with a non-JMS tool and […]

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SQLite v3.23.0 Released

April 2, 2018 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.23.0. http://www.sqlite.org/news.html SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Java 10 Released

March 26, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Oracle has just released Java 10. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/10-relnote-issues-4108729.html Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) lets you develop and deploy Java applications on desktops and servers, as well as in today’s demanding embedded environments. Java offers the rich user interface, performance, versatility, portability, and security that today’s applicationsrequire. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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High performance IBM MQ & JMS applications

March 15, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Bastien Jansen has written a blog posting called: High performance IBM MQ & JMS applications. If you program in JMS and IBM MQ then you should definitely read the blog posting. You can find it here: https://bjansen.github.io/java/2018/03/04/high-performance-mq-jms.html Persistent messages are used by queue managers to guarantee message delivery. That’s not the correct IBM terminology. It […]

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New Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Released

March 14, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Raspberry Pi Foundation has just released a new Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+. https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-3-model-bplus-sale-now-35/ It has a faster CPU, upgraded networking and improved thermal management. Specifications: Broadcom BCM2837B0, Cortex-A53 (ARMv8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.4GHz 1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM 2.4GHz and 5GHz IEEE 802.11.b/g/n/ac wireless LAN, Bluetooth 4.2, BLE Gigabit Ethernet over USB 2.0 (maximum throughput 300 […]

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