Archive for the Category: z/OS

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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IBM MQ V9.0.5 Continuous Delivery Announced

March 16, 2018 Roger Lacroix

IBM has announced IBM MQ V9.0.5 Continuous Delivery: http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/4/877/ENUSZP18-0084/index.html New features and enhancements for clients with MQ Advanced entitlement – Enhancements to the previously delivered Replicated Data Queue Manager support – New support for the MQ MFT REST administration interface – Identification of MQ Advanced installs – Improved performance for MQ AMS encryption on MQ […]

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

March 9, 2018 Roger Lacroix

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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Capitalware z/OS and IBM i Product Advisory

January 23, 2018 Roger Lacroix

A potential bug was discovered in Capitalware’s logging framework, see here for more details, for commercial and “Licensed as Free” products for z/OS and IBM i. Commercial Products affected: MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for IBM i MQ Channel Encryption for IBM i MQ Standard Security Exit for IBM i MQ Authenticate User Security Exit […]

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SQLite v3.22.0 Released

January 23, 2018 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.22.0. 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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T.Rob’s post of “When deprecated != deprecated”

January 19, 2018 Roger Lacroix

T.Rob Wyatt of IoPT Consulting has a new blog posting called “When deprecated != deprecated“. If you use SSL/TLS with IBM MQ then you should read it: https://t-rob.net/2018/01/19/when-deprecated-deprecated/ Here is the current IBM MQ Depreciated Cipher page. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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I’m a Bad Programmer! ;)

January 19, 2018 Roger Lacroix

If I was in a code walk-through of someone else’s code and found the bug that I just found in my code, I would say “that is some bad programming”. So, I’ll admit it – I’m a bad programmer! 😉 A long time ago, I created a nice logging framework (C code) for Capitalware’s products. […]

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ISF002I MASTER SDSF SYSLOG INDEX FULL

January 18, 2018 Roger Lacroix

I have a z/OS LPAR via IBM’s RDP (Remote Development Program). Yesterday, I started receiving the following error message every time I went to SDSF’s log panel: I’m a developer and not a SysAdmin. At first I ignored it then got annoyed and did some internet searches. I found some commands but nothing worked for […]

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