TypeString (MQCHAR8)

Inquire message property options structure - TypeString field

A string representation of the data type of the property.

If the property was specified in an MQRFH2 header and the MQRFH2 dt attribute is not recognized, this field can be used to determine the data type of the property. TypeString is returned in coded character set 1208 (UTF-8), and is the first eight bytes of the value of the dt attribute of the property that failed to be recognized

This is always an output field. The initial value of this field is the null string in the C programming language, and 8 blank characters in other programming languages.

Parent topic: Fields for MQIMPO