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yoyo
PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Hi RogerLacroix,

Thanks for the link. But then where is this feature restriction documented officially?

Hi bruce2359,
I can see MQPUT takes buffer, bufferLength
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFKSJ_8.0.0/com.ibm.mq.ref.dev.doc/q101880_.htm

But I'm using high level JMS implementation around IBM MQ's base library to create messages and to set properties.
I couldn't find the API exposing to take in my specified buffer length.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 6:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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yoyo wrote:
Hi RogerLacroix,

Thanks for the link. But then where is this feature restriction documented officially?

Hi bruce2359,
I can see MQPUT takes buffer, bufferLength
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFKSJ_8.0.0/com.ibm.mq.ref.dev.doc/q101880_.htm

But I'm using high level JMS implementation around IBM MQ's base library to create messages and to set properties.
I couldn't find the API exposing to take in my specified buffer length.

If you are using JMS you should not be dealing with buffer lengths at all. Just make sure your max message length on the queue is greater than MQMD + RFH2 + payload length...

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yoyo
PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Hi fjb_saper,

That does not solve the aim.
My aim was to verify if message property's length is counted as part of message length or not.
The docs state otherwise, and a simple test gives me a different result.
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fjb_saper
PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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yoyo wrote:
Hi fjb_saper,

That does not solve the aim.
My aim was to verify if message property's length is counted as part of message length or not.
The docs state otherwise, and a simple test gives me a different result.


The docs are correct. It is not counted as part of the message length per se. However when persisting the message you still need to account for it.

So when you use gmo/pmo option MESSAGE_PROPERTIES_IN_HANDLE or equivalent, the message length is really the payload length but you also have a properties length to account for....

Like I said it may be splitting hairs but the reality is that the total length needs to be accounted for when persisting.... (MQMD + properties (RFH2?) + payload )
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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At times its frustrating that IBM included RFH / properties properties in the Message Data. A new part of a MQ message should have been invented. 1) MQMD, 2) RFH properties & possibly other common MQ structures, 3) Message Data = app data payload usually in string format.
Too late by a couple of decades....
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yoyo
PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Hi gbaddeley,

Yup. That should've been the case in order to not count them in message's length.

Hi fjb_saper,

Yes it is splitting hairs! But I still don't see how the docs clearly convey that. I still feel they are incorrect.


So to conclude I think we can agree that yes they are accounted.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 2:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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yoyo wrote:
Hi gbaddeley,

Yup. That should've been the case in order to not count them in message's length.

Hi fjb_saper,

Yes it is splitting hairs! But I still don't see how the docs clearly convey that. I still feel they are incorrect.


So to conclude I think we can agree that yes they are accounted.

The docs convey the API. In the API the properties are not part of the message length. When serialized and stored on disk you have to count them
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rekarm01
PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Message properties wrongly included in message length Reply with quote

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yoyo wrote:
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.

What MQ version and platform is the application using? Whatever the issue may be, unless it's using MQ v7.0.0 on z/OS, it's probably not related to this APAR.

yoyo wrote:
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.

That's not quite what the doc says:

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It is possible for an application to successfully put a message with a buffer that is larger than the value of MaxMsgLength, if the buffer includes properties. ...
The MQRFH2 header fields add to the properties length only if ... every folder in the header contains properties.
If ... any folder does not contain properties, the MQRFH2 header fields count toward the message length instead.

Does every folder in the MQRFH2 header contain properties, or are there folder(s) that don't contain properties?

yoyo wrote:
But a simple hello world example gives a different outcome inconsistent with what the doc said.

If so, then it's time for a PMR, to fix one or the other.
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yoyo
PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 6:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Hi rekarm01,

MQ version is 7.1
And platform is unix
Yes you are right, the APAR contains a different platform and version, but it is exactly the same issue.

Only the usr folder contains properties I believe.
How do I view these folders?
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rekarm01
PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Message properties wrongly included in message length Reply with quote

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yoyo wrote:
Yes you are right, the APAR contains a different platform and version, but it is exactly the same issue.

The Unix platform does not have a CSQMPOM module with a CSQMDMCM macro to calculate the message length, for which an available zSeries fix can be applied. It is not the same issue.

yoyo wrote:
Only the usr folder contains properties I believe.
How do I view these folders?

There are plenty of tools available for browsing messages on a queue, such as IBM's sample program amqsbcg0, IH03 (rfhutil) supportpac, and various third party applications to choose from.
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