MQ Batch Toolkit

Chapter 6 Reading Messages

Reading Messages - MQCIH

This section will describe how to read a message in a queue and how it will be displayed when it contains a MQCIH header.

Purpose

Use the Read command to read messages in the queue.

Syntax

{mqbt or mqbt.sh} Read -a Path_and_FileName_for_CommProfileDB -p Profile_Name -q Queue_Name [-s Start_Position] [-c Message_Count] [-C] [-D] [-M] [-H] [-E]

Function Name:
Read

Required Parameters:
-a The full path and filename for a CommProfileDB.properties file.
-p The name of a profile contained in the CommProfileDB.properties file.
-q The name of the queue. (Note: Queue names are case sensitive.)

Optional Parameters:
-s Start position when getting messages from the queue. The default is 1.
-c Number of messages to be read from the queue. The default is all messages.
-C Convert on Get
-D Remove messages from the queue as they are read (destructive get).
-M Display the MQMD fields before display the message's data.
-H Display the message data in a hex format.
-E Display the message data in a hex format but the character convert to EBCDIC.

Example 1

  • Read all messages with MQCIH header from the queue.

    Windows
    mqbt Read -a c:\CommProfileDB.properties -p MQA1 -q TEST01.Q
    Unix
    ./mqbt.sh Read -a /Capitalware/MQBT/CommProfileDB.properties -p MQA1 -q TEST01.Q

    If the queue had 1 message, it may look like this:
    ------------------------------ Message # 1 ------------------------------
    CICS Information Header:
      Structure ID: CIH            Version: 1
      Header Length: 164           Format:
      CCSID: 819                   Encoding: 1
      Flags: 0                     Return Code: 0
      Comp Code: 0                 Reason: 0
      UOW Control: 273             Get Wait Interval: -2
      Link Type: 1                 Output Data Length: -1
      Facility Keep Time: 0        ADS Descriptor: 0
      Conversational Task: 0       Task End Status: 0
      Function:                    Facility: X'0000000000000000'
      Abend Code:                  Authenticator:
      Reply To Format:             Remote SysId:
      Remote TransId:              TransactionId:
      Facility Like:               Attention Id:
      Start Code:                  Cancel Code:
      Next TransactionId:          Cursor Position: 0
      Error Offset: 0              Input Item: 0
    Raw Data:
    
    

     




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