Monthly Archives: July 2012

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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Stanford’s Top Major Is Now Computer Science

July 5, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Interesting how things change/evolve: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/06/stanfords-top-major-is-now-computer-science/259199/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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amqrmppa on AIX Leaks Memory When using a Security Exit

July 4, 2012 Roger Lacroix

If you use a security exit with WMQ v7 on AIX, the amqrmppa process has a bug that causes it to leak memory. When the security exit accepts/allows a connection, about 0.24KB of memory per connection is leaked. When the security exit rejects a connection, about 0.61KB of memory per connection is leaked. IBM has […]

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