MQ Batch Toolkit

Chapter 6 Reading Messages

Reading Messages - MQXMIT

This section will describe how to read a message in a queue and how it will be displayed when it contains a MQXMIT 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 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 ------------------------------
    Transmission Queue Header:
      Remote Q Name:               ABC.XYZ.LQ
      Remote Q Manager Name:       FRED
    Message Descriptor:
      Structure ID: MD             Version: 1
    *General:
      Message Type: MQMT_DATAGRAM
      Message Priority: 0          Message Persistence: MQPER_NOT_PERSISTENT
      Put Date: 2004-08-30         Expiry Interval: -1
      Put Time: 16:24:20.63        Backout Count: 0
      Reply-To Queue:
      Reply-To Queue Manager:      MQA1
    *Report:
      Report: 0
      Feedback Code: MQFB_NONE
    *Context:
      User ID:                     'lacrorog    '
      Put-Application Type:        MQAT_WINDOWS_NT
      Put-Application Name:        ':\j2sdk1.4.2_02\bin\java.exe'
      Application Identity Data:   '                                '
      Application Origin Data:     '    '
      Accounting Token:            X'1601051500000075B9755437DA950F828BA62826B2000000000000000000000B'
    *Identifiers:
      Message ID                   X'414D51204D5141312020202020202020DA4C334120000901'
      Correlation ID               X'000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
    *Attributes:
      Format: MQSTR
      CCSID: 819                   Encoding: 273
    
    Raw Data:
    This is a test message.
    Line #2
    and the last line - #3

     




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