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fjb_saper
PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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dudetom wrote:
@fjb_saper I tried setting the CCDTURL

_cf.SetStringProperty(XMSC.WMQ_CCDTURL, @"file://C:\" + ccdt);

But it has no effect, in the event viewer I always see it's searching for a file: 'C:\ProgramData\IBM\MQ\AMQCLCHL.TAB'. Even my filename is something else. I can conclude that the property I've set has no effect...

Is it because I'm using an older version of IBM MQ? I'm using 8.0.0.5.

It is probably because you have the channel lib and channel tab environment variables set. Please unset them so that only the CCDT URL gets passed as property to your XMS connection factory.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I set them as a process environment variable. So they are deleted each time I shut down the app. I didn't use global variables. I'm pretty sure
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I found this doc APAR:-

IZ76986: CWSMQ0006E ERROR WHEN USING CONNECTION FACTORY PROPERTY XMSC.WMQ_CCDTURL UNDER WMQ XMS FOR .NET

which says:-

APAR IZ76986 wrote:
Setting Client Channel Definition Table (CCDT) through URL is not supported in WMQ .net clients and thus setting the value of XMSC.WMQ_CCDTURL in XMS is ignored.

It is quite an old APAR (June 2010) but it would explain what you are seeing.

It says to use MQ environment variables MQCHLLIB and MQCHLTAB to point to the MQ CCDT.

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dudetom
PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 10:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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But I wrote here several times that environment variables only work if I configure only one CCDT file. I need to configure more than one CCDT file in one process (application). Environment variables aren't getting updated when changing the value.

I found a workaround with the property XMSC.WMQ_CCDTURL. When this is set, it looks for a default file in the default location (which is 'C:\ProgramData\IBM\MQ\AMQCLCHL.TAB'). What I do is, I substitute that default file with my custom file each time I'm making connection. After successful connection I rename it back to the original name. This way the right CCDT file is always being picked up.
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dudetom wrote:
But I wrote here several times that environment variables only work if I configure only one CCDT file. I need to configure more than one CCDT file in one process (application). Environment variables aren't getting updated when changing the value.

I found a workaround with the property XMSC.WMQ_CCDTURL. When this is set, it looks for a default file in the default location (which is 'C:\ProgramData\IBM\MQ\AMQCLCHL.TAB'). What I do is, I substitute that default file with my custom file each time I'm making connection. After successful connection I rename it back to the original name. This way the right CCDT file is always being picked up.

Great if this works for you! Thanks for sharing your solution!
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dudetom wrote:
I found a workaround with the property XMSC.WMQ_CCDTURL. When this is set, it looks for a default file in the default location (which is 'C:\ProgramData\IBM\MQ\AMQCLCHL.TAB'). What I do is, I substitute that default file with my custom file each time I'm making connection. After successful connection I rename it back to the original name. This way the right CCDT file is always being picked up.

What happens if there are multiple processes doing this?
What happens if the rename fails before or after the connection?
I doesn't seem to be a robust workaround.

Can the MQ connection parameters be specified in the ConnectionFactory / CreateQueue? (sorry, I am not very familiar with this MQI)
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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MQ parameters can be set but compression is not supported, therefore I need to use CCDT.

I make connections synchronously during app init so there is no concurrent usage of these CCDT files.

What I didn't test is what happens if the connection tries reconnecting (I've set the property auto_reconnect to true)

I'm renaming using a try/finally block, so the restoring the name should always work.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 4:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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dudetom wrote:
MQ parameters can be set but compression is not supported, therefore I need to use CCDT.

When using CCDT, have you confirmed that the actual MQ channel packets are being compresed?

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I make connections synchronously during app init so there is no concurrent usage of these CCDT files.
What I didn't test is what happens if the connection tries reconnecting (I've set the property auto_reconnect to true)
I'm renaming using a try/finally block, so the restoring the name should always work.

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