Albaroud’s Weblog

Events:

- Did some work for WebSphere Commerce (for Jason Enzi and Nick Sharp).
- Discovered a very serious invoke() code error in CDLG.
- finished my foot doctor treatments.
- Vacation time is coming up soon
- Hot wings with the department is coming up soon (Dec 5th)

- Read up on Java Native Interface (JNI) for CDLG/SSG problem. JNI is a viable options, however there are no guarentees it can be implemented. Bascially, it would require a lot of time investment, and it is simpler to just install WAS on MDS server, as a second server to separate CDLG and SSG. Learning about basic JNI was interesting though; developing applicaitons that use the native services of machines need JNI to operate. Ill keep what i learned in mind for the future.
- Health Checks for STWWEB1 were done, just in time. They are simpler then they appear. In particular, new SSL keys do not have to be generated, which is good.

SSG and CDLG:

– So, CDLG crashes every 12 hours on STWWEB1. This is because of the invok() code error that comes up. The idiots solution to this is to restart STWWEB1. However, if anything goes wrong with this machine at restart, it will be difficult to fix as I do not have physical access to the machine. Also, many other applicaitons run on this machine (many different parts of IBM could be affected).
-> a better solution would be to implement CDLG like the SSG that runs on ichan. Instead of running in the background, CorelDraw sits on the task bar, visible to the user. The program then minimize/maximizes quickly, to prevent process hanging (a serious flaw with using Corel Draw). I did this to correct the above problem, however STWWEB1 appears….to prevent it from showing on the task bar. How odd.

- Some SSG updates have been proposed; I will update SSG this week.

- WebSphere Commerce

- project is falling WAY behind. I have to double time it.

– problems:
- communicate better
- FOCUS!