The CICS adapter is not optional. It provides the services that all MQ programs, including the bridge, to work in a CICS environment.
The bridge is optional, but even if you don't intend to use it, I would highly recommend that you download the support pac, study the documentation, and thouroughly understand it's design. I say this, because dollars-to-donuts you will either use the bridge or develop something similar yourself. If you grasp how and why it works like it does, you will have a big head start on your MQ-CICS adventures. FWIW, the bridge is very useful for simulating terminal I/O and feeding it to existing (legacy?) applications that were designed for interactive use. It's also good for "feeding" messages to programs that accept use the DFHCOMMAREA for input/output. It's sometimes possible to write entire MQ applications with no MQ coding at all on the CICS side. Let the bridge do all the MQ work, forwarding messages in the DFHCOMMAREA where they can be readily accessed with no MQ knowledge whatsoever. Finally, the bridge is good for implementing a 1 MQ request = 1 CICS transaction model. While the 1:1 paradigm is very common and intuitive for most CICS programmers, it is not a trivial undertaking. The bridge makes it a snap. regards, Dennis > -----Original Message----- > From: June Lawton [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 8:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MQSERIES AND CICS > > What would the determining factors be for using the MQ Adapter as opposed > to MQ Bridge with CICS? > > > > June Lawton > Information Systems > The PMA Insurance Group > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (T) 610.397.5058 > (F) 610.397.5311 > > Instructions for managing your mailing list subscription are provided in > the Listserv General Users Guide available at http://www.lsoft.com > Archive: http://vm.akh-wien.ac.at/MQSeries.archive Instructions for managing your mailing list subscription are provided in the Listserv General Users Guide available at http://www.lsoft.com Archive: http://vm.akh-wien.ac.at/MQSeries.archive
