Browsing queues

IBM MQ provides a sample queue browser that we can use to look at the contents of the messages on a queue. The browser is supplied in both source and executable formats.

MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH represents the high-level directory in which IBM MQ is installed.

On Windows, the file names and paths for the sample queue browser are as follows:

Source

MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH\tools\c\samples\

Executable

MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH\tools\c\samples\bin\amqsbcg.exe

On UNIX and Linux , the file names and paths are as follows:

Source

MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH/samp/amqsbcg0.c

Executable

MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH/samp/bin/amqsbcg

The sample requires two input parameters, the queue name and the queue manager name. For example:

amqsbcg SYSTEM.ADMIN.QMGREVENT.tpp01 saturn.queue.manager

Typical results from this command are shown in Figure 1.

AMQSBCG0 - starts here
**********************
 
 MQOPEN - 'SYSTEM.ADMIN.QMGR.EVENT'
 
 
 MQGET of message number 1
****Message descriptor****
 
  StrucId  : 'MD  '  Version : 2
  Report   : 0  MsgType : 8
  Expiry   : -1  Feedback : 0
  Encoding : 546  CodedCharSetId : 850
  Format : 'MQEVENT '
  Priority : 0  Persistence : 0
  MsgId : X'414D512073617475726E2E71756575650005D30033563DB8'
  CorrelId : X'000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
  BackoutCount : 0
  ReplyToQ       : '                                                '
  ReplyToQMgr    : 'saturn.queue.manager                            '
  ** Identity Context
  UserIdentifier : '            '
  AccountingToken :
   X'0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
  ApplIdentityData : '                                '
  ** Origin Context
  PutApplType    : '7'
  PutApplName    : 'saturn.queue.manager        '
  PutDate  : '19970417'    PutTime  : '15115208'
  ApplOriginData : '    '
 
  GroupId : X'000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
  MsgSeqNumber   : '1'
  Offset         : '0'
  MsgFlags       : '0'
  OriginalLength : '104'

****  Message   ****

length - 104 bytes

00000000: 0700 0000 2400 0000 0100 0000 2C00 0000 '....→.......,...'
00000010: 0100 0000 0100 0000 0100 0000 AE08 0000 '................'
00000020: 0100 0000 0400 0000 4400 0000 DF07 0000 '........D.......'
00000030: 0000 0000 3000 0000 7361 7475 726E 2E71 '....0...saturn.q'
00000040: 7565 7565 2E6D 616E 6167 6572 2020 2020 'ueue.manager    '
00000050: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 '                '
00000060: 2020 2020 2020 2020                     '                '

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