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cpenner · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:01 pm Post subject:

Does anyone have any pointers on how a complete MQ Series newbie can put and get messages from a queue using Macromedia ColdFusion MX? (running on Windows 2003 server)

I'm attempting to interface to a system that requires the use of MQ Series. I, admittedly, have zero experience with MQ Series, and only a theoretical understanding of how it works from a high level. I need to put messages onto the queue and process messages from the queue. Setup and configuration of the MQSeries box(es) will not be my responsibility. The "far end" of the interface is a "well defined" one out of my control.

The technologies I have to work with are: (in descending order of desirability for working with)

- ColdFusion - a "custom tag" would be wonderful for me as far as a piece of middleware goes. I've seen references to one out there, but every link I've followed is dead.
- SQL Server - our database is a SQL Server one. If there's an easy way to write from a database table to a queue and vice versa, that would be almost as easy.
- Java - ColdFusion can call Java methods without a ton of work. I'm less comfortable here, and would be out of my depth if I needed to code an API in Java as opposed to simply installing some classes and making the appropriate calls.
- Command Line executables - I can launch executables from a commandline and pass in arguements. This is a little messy, but could work in a pinch.

I've spent a while now digging around and searching, but I'm either using the wrong key words, or there is precious little out there about using ColdFusion and MQ Series together. There's more about Java, but all I've found so far sounds a bit deeper than I was hoping to get into the guts of MQ Series programming.

Sorry for the length of this, but any pointers would be much appreciated.
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Cam Penner