Archive for the Category: Programming

How to Clear a MQ Queue from a Script or Program

July 20, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Have you ever wanted to clear a MQ queue? A quick and easy way to do it is to use runmqsc’s CLEAR QLOCAL command. This method works very well as long as no application has the local queue opened for input. Method #1: If you need to clear a queue on Linux, Unix, Windows or […]

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jgc.org: Some things I’ve learnt about programming

July 17, 2012 Roger Lacroix

John Graham-Cumming has some interesting thoughts on programming that I really like: http://blog.jgc.org/2012/07/some-things-ive-learnt-about.html Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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A Software Architect

July 10, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Chris Eppstein has a great view of a Software Architect: http://coderwall.com/p/lbda2q Food for thought. 🙂 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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WMQ v7.0.1.8 Java/JMS Application Leaks Connections

July 5, 2012 Roger Lacroix

IBM has the following APAR IC79103 for the fix: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV18624 Error Description: Applications using the WebSphere MQ classes for Java Version 7.0.1.8 repeatedly reconnect and finally consume all the available connections of the queue manager. Traces show repeated occurrences of completion code “2” and reason code “2009”, and internal exceptions are traced out containing the […]

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Eclipse 4.2 Released

June 27, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Eclipse Foundation has just released 72 projects including Eclipse v4.2 (‘Juno’). http://www.eclipse.org Highlights – Code Recommenders is a new project that makes Eclipse code completion a lot smarter. – Eclipse Virgo ships the new Nano kernel that provides the ability to build very small OSGi based applications. – Koneki project delivers a Lua IDE – […]

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Five Principles of an Open Source Company

June 26, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Alexander Mitnikov writes about the five principles of an open source company: http://opensource.com/business/12/6/five-principles-open-source-company?70160000000UaIpAAK More of a 10,000 foot view of the principles of an open source company but still a good article. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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C11: A New C Standard Aiming at Safer Programming

June 26, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Interesting. Danny Kalev explains the new C standard aimed at safer programming: http://blog.smartbear.com/software-quality/bid/173187/C11-A-New-C-Standard-Aiming-at-Safer-Programming Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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SQLite v3.7.13 Released

June 14, 2012 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.7.13. 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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ProGuard v4.8 Released

May 31, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Eric Lafortune has just released ProGuard v4.8. http://proguard.sourceforge.net/ ProGuard is a free Java class file shrinker, optimizer, obfuscator, and preverifier. It detects and removes unused classes, fields, methods, and attributes. It optimizes bytecode and removes unused instructions. It renames the remaining classes, fields, and methods using short meaningless names. Finally, it preverifies the processed code […]

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Old Farts Know How to Code

May 28, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Here’s a funny/serious posting by Nick Bradbury: Old Farts Know How to Code Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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