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yoyo
PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 11:46 pm    Post subject: Message properties length wrongly included in message length Reply with quote

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When putting a message to a queue, the length of the message is
checked to ensure it is less than the MAXMSGL attribute on the
queue. If the message contains message properties (for example,
messages put using JMS) the length of these properties is
incorrectly included in the message length when making this
check. This can lead to the message length appearing to MQ to be
greater than MAXMSGL, causing MQRC_MSG_TOO_BIG_FOR_Q to be
invalidly returned.


My PROPCTL is NONE.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 1:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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So what's your problem exactly?

is it 'should this be the case?'
or
'is this a bug?'

I think it is the former [1] but the sure fire way to get the correct answer is to raise a PMR with IBM

[1] That's just a worthless guess you understand and not worth the paper it is written on.
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yoyo
PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 1:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Yup this is a bug.
The issue was raised back in 2009
Take a look here-
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK88817

I'm not sure if it is fixed or not.

But according to IBM docs here,
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSFKSJ_9.0.0/com.ibm.mq.dev.doc/q022930_.htm

The property length does not count.

But a simple hello world example gives a different outcome inconsistent with what the doc said.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 5:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Then it is time for a PMR.
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yoyo
PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 10:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Could you try a small example, to confirm that you face it too?
If we can confirm, then I'll raise a PMR.

Try Setting MaxMsgLength too small.
And send a small message under the limit, but with a large message property

msg.setStringProperty("someKey", "someVal")
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 10:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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yoyo wrote:
Could you try a small example, to confirm that you face it too?
If we can confirm, then I'll raise a PMR.

Try Setting MaxMsgLength too small.
And send a small message under the limit, but with a large message property

msg.setStringProperty("someKey", "someVal")


Someone else may be prepared to do it. Java to me is a 4-letter word.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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The RFH / message properties are included in the Message Data, before the payload and any other MQ structures, so it makes sense that these are included in the overall Message Length, and therefore subject to the Maximum Message Length check.
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yoyo
PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Hi gbaddeley,

But according to IBM docs

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSFKSJ_9.0.0/com.ibm.mq.dev.doc/q022930_.htm

They clearly state - message properties do not count toward the length of the message

Please take a look
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Did you read carefully the paragraph in the doc URL you cite "Do not have your applications query the value of MaxMsgLength and ..."?

Make your app buffer quite a bigger than the biggest message. Same with queue attribute maxmsglength.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Hi bruce2359,

The buffer you talk about is for a MQGET call.
I face the error on MQPUT call.
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Vitor
PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 5:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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What's the compatibility setting on your queue manager? Is it possible that the message properties are being converted into an RFH2 without your knowledge?
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yoyo
PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Hi Vitor,

The compatibility setting(PROPCTL or property control I think what you mean) is set to NONE.

I tried changing it to all the possible ones - ForceRFH2, V6COMPAT, COMPAT
Still faced the same issue.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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yoyo wrote:
Hi bruce2359,

The buffer you talk about is for a MQGET call.
I face the error on MQPUT call.

Same concept applies to both MQGETs and MQPUTs - make your buffer bigger AND don't inquire on max msg length.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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yoyo wrote:
Hi gbaddeley,
But according to IBM docs
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSFKSJ_9.0.0/com.ibm.mq.dev.doc/q022930_.htm
They clearly state - message properties do not count toward the length of the message
Please take a look

OK, so therefore if a message includes properties, then the length of a message on a queue can exceed the queue's max msg length attribute.

When allocating a buffer size to get or put messages, it is not recommended to inquire on the queue's max message length and use that. ...Unless your site has rigidly set and enforced a particular max message length for each queue....

We routinely define queues to use the default 4MB or just set the max to 100MB, regardless of how small the expected message length. The thought is that its better to let unexpectedly long messages flow through, rather than have app failures or msgs appearing on dead letter queues.
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RogerLacroix
PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Ever since IBM introduced Message Properties in MQ, there are many inconsistency in how it was implemented.

At MQTC v2.0.1.5, Greg Brown did a session called Enabling Auto-Segmentation of Messages Having Defined Properties. His session was primarily on how the message properties were being included in the message length value and the issues it was causing.

IBM told Greg:
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L3 announces that no code fix will be done; will document the bug as a feature "restriction".

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