ShortConnectionName (MQCHAR20)

This field specifies the first 20 bytes of a connection name.

If the Version field is MQCD_VERSION_1, ShortConnectionName contains the full connection name.

If the Version field is MQCD_VERSION_2 or greater, ShortConnectionName contains the first 20 characters of the connection name. The full connection name is given by the ConnectionName field; ShortConnectionName and the first 20 characters of ConnectionName are identical.

See ConnectionName for details of the contents of this field.

Note: The name of this field was changed for MQCD_VERSION_2 and subsequent versions of MQCD; the field was previously called ConnectionName.

The length of this field is given by MQ_SHORT_CONN_NAME_LENGTH.

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