PostgreSQL v9.2 Released

September 11, 2012 Roger Lacroix

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has just released PostgreSQL v9.2.
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1415/

PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system. It has more than 15 years of active development and a proven architecture that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, data integrity, and correctness. It runs on all major operating systems, including Linux, UNIX (AIX, BSD, HP-UX, SGI IRIX, Mac OS X, Solaris, Tru64), and Windows.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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OpenSUSE 12.2 Released

September 5, 2012 Roger Lacroix

OpenSUSE has just released OpenSUSE v12.2.
http://news.opensuse.org/2012/09/05/opensuse-12-2-green-means-go/

openSUSE is a free and Linux-based operating system for your PC, Laptop or Server. You can surf the web, manage your e-mails and photos, do office work, play videos or music and have a lot of fun!

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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SQLite v3.7.14 Released

September 4, 2012 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.7.14.
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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WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 7.0.1.9 Released

August 23, 2012 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released FixPack 7.0.1.9 for WebSphere MQ.
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24033008

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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New: MQ File Mover v4.1.2

August 6, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware is pleased to announce the release of MQ File Mover v4.1.2. It is a free open source project.

MQ File Mover is a managed file transfer solution that facilitates the transfer of files using IBM’s WebSphere MQ (aka MQSeries). MQFM processes “Action” commands which are controlled through an MQFM Workflow XML file. The user combines a series of Action commands to create the MQFM Workflow XML file.

    Changes:

  • Added usefilelocking attribute for Global element for MQFM Workflow
  • Fixed CLASSPATH for mqfm.sh and mqfm64.sh shell scripts

For more information on MQ File Mover, please go to:
http://www.capitalware.biz/mqfm_overview.html

In MQFM v4.0.0, file locking was added to all actions that access (read or write) a file. A customer discovered that a vendor supplied driver (for a file system) does not support JVM file locking and throws the following IOException when the tryLock method was issued:

Invalid argument

Therefore, a Global attribute was added to the MQFM Workflow, so that file locking can be turned off (file locking is on by default). 

<Global usefilelocking="N" />

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Tokelau Becomes First Country To Go 100% Solar

August 3, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Jess Lee of Stuff has a really interesting article:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/7408149/Tokelau-to-shed-diesel-dependence

Lead contractor Powersmart Solar is helping Tokelau replace its diesel generators – which burn about 200 litres of fuel daily – with 4032 solar panels, 392 inverters and 1344 batteries.

Some countries/politicians just get it – they just get it. There are far better ways to generate electricity than to burn fossil fuel. 2 great big thumbs up from me. 🙂

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Judge Rules Oracle Must Continue Porting Software To Itanium

August 2, 2012 Roger Lacroix

ComputerWorld writes about the ruling:
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/432432/judge_sides_hp_rules_oracle_must_continue_porting_software_itanium/

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Get Fake Credit Card Numbers for Testing Purposes

July 27, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Working in the financial industry, sometimes you need fake data (i.e. names, credit cards, etc..) for testing purposes. Over 10 years ago, I came across a Windows program called: Credit Card Verificator Engine. It has the ability to generate credit card numbers. I posted it to my web site at:
https://www.capitalware.com/pc_win_general.html

I now have come across a web site that is extremely robust in generating fake credit card numbers. If you need fake credit numbers for your test data then have a look at:
http://www.getcreditcardnumbers.com/

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Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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JBoss and Strange Looking Characters in the Message Data

July 27, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Here’s an interesting issue that Lawrence Coombs had regarding porting a J2EE application from WAS to JBoss:

We ported an applictaion from WAS to jboss 5.1. It interfaces with a mainframe CICS transcation that uses MQ 7.x.

Neither the distributed nor the Z/OS queue manager changed. The CCSID of the Z/OS queue manager is 500 (did not change), the CCSID of the AIX queue manager is 819. The application did not change.

The data in question is coming from the mainframe. Any idea where to start looking?

D11¦00612730¦2012-07-29¦8807¦2012-07-30¦ ¦2012-07-24¦2012-07-25

This is the extra character at the end of each field: Â except the last.

The solution, as reported by Lawrence Coombs, was to use either of the following JVM environment variables.

-Dfile.encoding=ISO8859-1

or

-Dcom.ibm.msg.client.wmq.receiveConversionCCSID=1208

Hopefully, this posting will help other JBoss users in the future.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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