Monthly Archives: January 2009
Webmethods to TIBCO Migration
I’ve been getting a lot of hits and requests to post something about Webmethod to Tibco migration. As discussed in many of my previous posts, Tibco is highly marketing is products and particularly asking organizations to migrate from WebMethods! You should see the way Tibco sales guys talk! They are technically convincing! SO lets try … Continue reading
Webmethods:How to Kill a Running Service from the Integration Server
Many of you have wondered how to kill a WebMethods service while its running on the Integration Server. Its become a Pet Interview Question for many but the interviewer also expects one of the following facts which is not the most recommended method to kill a running service. Here are some facts: 1. If you … Continue reading
8 Innovative Ideas for Open Source Beyond Software
Do you agree that Open Source just can’t be applied on software only? Open source philosophy can be applied to any given domain. Over the years open source has proved its potential and there is no brainer that open source model CANNOT work(Off course some dopeheaded VCs still think there is no money in open … Continue reading
Gone are the days of EJB
I hated EJB. I still hate it and will keep hating it. Perhaps its not just hatred but its apathy. Be it EJB 1.x , 2.x or 3.x. Frameworks come and frameworks go and I don’t feel EJB has survived with respect to the hype it received. I would discuss some major points which get … Continue reading
Marketcetera : Open Source Trading Platform
Most stock trading systems these days are mostly on Solaris, but the trend is changing. Stock broking companies are wanting effective low cost solution. Most companies I know of are moving towards .Net platform or Linux platform. .NET is far cheaper than Solaris solution, but it takes you down over the years with M$ extrating … Continue reading
html2pdf using jsp and linux
Have you ever thought of downloading the current viewed page as PDF. Here’a quick program which can read an HTML and convert it to PDF using JSP or Servlet. I am going to call an external linux command called ‘convert’ which does all the magic for me. All I need is a linux box with … Continue reading
Creating sequences in MySQL an alternative to AUTO_INCREMENT
MySQL doesn’t doesn’t have sequences and Auto_Increment does not suffice the need for a text based sequence generator. Or say you want to reset AUTO_INCREMENT’s value? So here’s a workaround for a generating a sequence in MySQL which can be reset later. Step 1: Create a Table CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `seqgen` ( `seqno` … Continue reading
WebMethods Document Tracker for Broker analysis
Did you ever have the need to retrieve the documents from the broker without creating another client just for debugging? Try the WebMethods Document Tracker. Its simple and sweet! It will just take the settings of your broker server and which publisher to subscribe to. Its quite strong and can handle large documents at ease. … Continue reading