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.

Debian 9.4 Released

March 12, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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Debian Project has just released Debian 9.4. https://www.debian.org/News/2018/20180310 Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the […]

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What is the default behaviour of method writeString of MQMessage for Java?

March 9, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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Paul Titheridge has posted a blog item over at developerWorks with the title “What is the default behaviour of the IBM MQ classes for Java method MQMessage.writeString(String)?”: https://developer.ibm.com/messaging/2018/03/09/mqmessage-writestring-default-behaviour/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Levels of JRE and GSkit bundled with IBM MQ

March 9, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has posted a support note regarding the levels of JRE and GSkit bundled with IBM MQ http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27038676 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Creating a Standard for MQ Messages to/from SQLite DB

March 8, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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Yesterday, I wrote about MQ Messages to/from SQLite DB which are a pair of utilities for offloading and loading messages to/from SQLite database. I thought it would be a good idea to publish what I designed so that other vendors, companies or users can easy use the standard. First, the SQL to create the table […]

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MQ Messages to/from SQLite DB

March 7, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware has an MQ solution called MQ Message Replication (MQMR). MQ Message Replication will clone messages being written (via MQPUT or MQPUT1 API calls) to an application’s output queue and MQMR will write the exact same messages to ‘n’ target queues (‘n’ can be up to 100). When MQMR replicates a message both the message […]

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MQ Messages and GDPR – What are you doing about it?

March 2, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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What is GDPR? From Wikipedia: The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) is a regulation by which the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission intend to strengthen and unify data protection for all individuals within the European Union (EU). It also addresses the export of personal data […]

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Installing IBM MQ on Windows

March 1, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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Over on IBM developerWorks, there are a couple of recent blog posting on how to install IBM MQ on Windows using MSIEXEC and a response file. Installing MQ using MSIEXEC on Windows by Alamelu Nagarajan: https://developer.ibm.com/messaging/2018/03/01/installing-mq-using-msiexec-windows/ Installation of IBM MQ components on Windows using Command Line by Prema Laxmanachar: https://developer.ibm.com/messaging/2018/02/26/installation-ibm-mq-components-windows-using-command-line/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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American Express and Me

March 1, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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A long time ago, I mean a LONG time ago when I was 20, back in 1981 (like I said, a long time ago), I was working full time at a Chrysler/Dodge dealership and also working part-time at McDonald’s on the weekends. I already had a Visa credit card for about 8-12 months (I don’t […]

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Now That’s a Trailer!!

February 23, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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Early this week, the wife, kids and I went to see Black Panther (great movie). But before the Black Panther movie started, there was the usual assortment of trailers including the next trailer for Solo Star Wars. It was a fine trailer nothing that would make me say “I gotta see that movie”. Last night, […]

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IBM MQ on IBM Cloud

February 22, 2018 Roger Lacroix
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Last month, IBM announced an experimental service for MQ on IBM Cloud: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/bluemix/2018/01/experimental-service-mq-ibm-cloud/ Last week, IBM announced that MQ on IBM Cloud has moved into the “beta phase”: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/bluemix/2018/02/mq-on-ibm-cloud-weve-hit-beta/ So, if you like your MQ in the SAAS (Software-As-A-Service) format then you should give the beta a try. If I can find some time this […]

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