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better logging than printf – using log4j – part III

Posted on September 4, 2016 by DocDock

Log4j is a very convenient tool to have in your programming arsenal.  This is true even if only the very basic functionality is being used.    The basic functionality of log4j2 was covered in my previous example. To be honest, … Continue reading →

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better logging than printf – using log4j – part II

Posted on September 1, 2016 by DocDock

However, Just like with computers, cars and women there is always a faster, bigger, or better model on the horizon. Version 1.2 of log4j has reached its end of life on August 5th 2015 but there is a version 2 … Continue reading →

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better logging than printf – using log4j – part I

Posted on August 29, 2016 by DocDock

The old way Log files or debugging can be done using print statements.  It is a very rudimentary way to see some of your internal variables or to have a log of how the program run went. This printf sample … Continue reading →

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When all you have is a hammer …

Posted on July 18, 2016 by DocDock

I was speaking with a friend the other day and he was telling about this crazy thing that was being done in his department.  There was a task that needed to be done usually once a day and it was … Continue reading →

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IBM Websphere MQ manipulations – part III

Posted on June 16, 2016 by DocDock

The curse of technology The cool thing about technology demos is how everything just works, well unless you are demoing it to the boss.  The equipment is usually quite new, the scope is simple enough and there are never any … Continue reading →

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IBM Websphere MQ manipulations – part II

Posted on June 10, 2016 by DocDock

In my previous article IBM Websphere MQ manipulations – part I, I provided an example on how to put and get messages into the queue.  What we were doing was essentially performing a stateless transfer of information between systems.  The data … Continue reading →

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IBM Websphere MQ manipulations – part I

Posted on June 6, 2016 by DocDock

Quite some years ago on a project that I was involved with, I was exposed to Websphere MQ.  Our needs were actually very basic to put it mildly.  We were using it as a secure method for transferring not messages … Continue reading →

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command line fun – getting to the base of things

Posted on June 1, 2016 by DocDock

Just a short time back I received a mail from a colleague with an error message.  The question from him was about the error and more importantly was this my program.  I did find some code that generated the same … Continue reading →

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Oracle and batch reporting

Posted on April 28, 2016 by DocDock

My first real exposure to a real database was Sybase.  It actually is a fairly nice “little” database that you can come to grips with.  I mean little when compared to behemoth that is Oracle.  I don’t want to go … Continue reading →

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command line fun – testing for existence

Posted on April 13, 2016 by DocDock

I remember quite some time ago when I was developing a an application when the personal computer was actually fairly slow.  Of course I happened to pick a technology that worked just fine on a newer computer but it actually … Continue reading →

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