Author Archives: Roger Lacroix

My name is Roger Lacroix and I am a die hard programmer. I have been programming since the 80s. My favorite programming languages are Java, C and Rexx. I have worked in the airline, retail but I have spent most of my time doing middleware work in the financial services industry. In 1994, I was introduced to IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) and I thought it was the next best thing since man created fire. This blog will be about IBM MQ, Java, C, Rexx and any other interesting items that I can think of. I hope you enjoy it.

MySQL v5.6 Released

February 6, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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The Oracle has just released MySQL v5.6. http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.6.html MySQL is the world’s most used open source relational database management system (RDBMS) as of 2008 that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Again MS Visual C++ 2010 bites me in the …

January 31, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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I really hate MS Visual C++ 2010. I have had so many problems since I installed it a couple of weeks ago that it is driving me crazy. I have an MQ API Exit built for Windows 64-bit (via a script) with /Release /x64. And in the makefile I use the parameter /LD for the […]

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Super Bowl

January 31, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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Small Sliding scale picks for Super Bowl (least probable to most probable): Fibonacci Sliding scale picks for Super Bowl (least probable to most probable): So what does it mean? U1 means the underdog team will beat the spread (favorite will not cover the spread) with the highest probability of success. Enjoy. 🙂 As they say […]

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Updated MMX and MRTR Load-Modules for z/OS

January 29, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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Yesterday afternoon while doing some z/OS MQ testing, I discovered that both Message Multiplexer (MMX) and Message Router (MRTR) had been linked with the wrong MQ stub. Oy vey!! I relinked both MMX and MRTR with the correct MQ stub (CSQBSTUB) then posted the both download archives to Capitalware’s web site. Note: The source did […]

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Using Universal File Mover on Mac OS X (How To #6)

January 25, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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In this blog posting, I will discuss the prerequisites and issue related to using UFM on Mac OS X. First, as with any other platform that you run UFM on, Mac OS X must have Java v1.5.0 or higher installed. Second, follow the “Unix and Linux” instructions from the UFM Installation and Operation manual for […]

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Scheduling a Simple File Transfer using Universal File Mover (How To #5)

January 21, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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At mqseries.net, a user asked the following question: I’m using MQ FTE version 7.0.4.1 , and I’d like to make a File Transfer to occur from Tuesday to Saturday , is it possible? Since this is very easy to do in UFM, I thought I would make a ‘UFM How To’ from the question. I […]

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O’Reilly Giving Away Open Government Book

January 21, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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O’Reilly is giving away electronic copies of the ‘Open Government’ book as a tribute to Aaron Swartz: http://radar.oreilly.com/2013/01/open-government-files-released.html In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness? Through a collection of essays and case […]

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3 Hours of Wasted Time That I’ll Never Get Back

January 17, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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I have some code for outputting a buffer as a HEX dump like this: 000000: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ……………. 000010: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ……………. 000020: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ……………. I have used this code for years on AIX, HP-UX, IBM i (OS/400), Linux, Solaris, Windows and z/OS without issue. I have compiled […]

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Football Conference Championship Games

January 17, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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Small Sliding scale picks for Conference Championship games (least probable to most probable): F1 San Francisco 49ers F3.5 at Atlanta Falcons F2 Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots F9.0 Fibonacci Sliding scale picks for Conference Championship games (least probable to most probable): F1 San Francisco 49ers F3.5 at Atlanta Falcons F2 Baltimore Ravens at New […]

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CentOS 5.9 Released

January 17, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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The CentOS Project has just released CentOS v5.9. http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.9 CentOS is an Enterprise Linux distribution based on a rebuild of the freely available sources from Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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