Archive for the Category: HPE NonStop

JMS/MQ Program That Creates Connection Factory from Scratch

October 21, 2021 Roger Lacroix

On StackOverflow, someone asked a question about why their JMS/MQ code was failing. There are many errors in the code. Here is a fully functioning JMS/MQ program that will create the Connection Factory from scratch, connect to a remote queue manager and put a message to a queue. You can download the source code from […]

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 8.1.0.8 for HP NonStop Server Released

July 23, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released Fix Pack 8.1.0.8 for IBM MQ for HP NonStop Server: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/fix-list-ibm-mq-hpe-nonstop-version-81#8108 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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MQ Request/Reply Scenario with Async Getter Thread

July 8, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Ok. Continuing on with the previous blog posting here, the StackOverflow user says that s/he wants the getter component to be run in a separate thread. To me, the request does not really make a lot of sense. If the user wants to do a Get with CorrelId then they should be coding for synchronous […]

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Put 2 Messages with Unique CorrelId and Get 1 Message by CorrelId

July 2, 2021 Roger Lacroix

On StackOverflow, someone asked a question about putting 2 messages on a queue with unique correlation ids and then retrieve a message with a particular correlation id. Here is a fully functioning Java/MQ program that will put 2 messages on a queue with unique correlation ids and then retrieve a message with a particular correlation […]

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IBM MQ Knowledge Center Icons

June 4, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM keeps added more and more icons in the MQ Knowledge Center to highlight which platforms and/or versions that a particular feature is supported on. You can find a complete list and explanation of the icons on the following MQ Knowledge Center page: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/latest?topic=mq-release-platform-icons-in-product-documentation Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Java MQ Code to Clear a Queue of Messages

May 20, 2021 Roger Lacroix

If you have done the following runmqsc command to clear a queue: And you wanted to do the same thing via a program, here is a fully functioning Java MQ example that will connect to a remote queue manager, issue a PCF “Clear Queue” command, get the PCF response messages and output if the PCF […]

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Updates to My ByteArray Class

May 19, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Last year, I posted a blog item called Java’s Missing Byte Array Class regarding the missing ByteArray class in Java and I published my ByteArray class for all to use. I have fixed a bug in the getBytes method and added 2 new methods: public int convertToInt_BE() public void replaceAndResize(byte[] oldByteArray, byte[] newByteArray) I have […]

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Programmatically Get IBM MQ Version for Both Client and Queue Manager

April 21, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Recently, on both StackOverflow and mqseries.net, people have been asking about getting both the client and queue manager versions numbers for MQ. It is pretty easy to get both the client and queue manager from the command line. For the IBM MQ installation that is running the queue manager, you simply issue the following command: […]

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WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 5.3.1.17 for HP NonStop Server Released

April 16, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released Fix Pack 5.3.1.17 for WebSphere MQ for HP NonStop Server: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6427757 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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All Java and JVM features since JDK 8 to 16

April 8, 2021 Roger Lacroix

David Csakvari has a blog posting called: A categorized list of all Java and JVM features since JDK 8 to 16 If you ever wondered or needed to know what has changed between releases of Java, David Csakvari’s blog posting has an excellent list of changes. On the flip side, if you are a new […]

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