Working with local queues

Working with local queues

This section contains examples of some MQSC commands that we can use to manage local, model, and alias queues.

See MQSC commands for detailed information about these commands.

Defining a local queue
For an application, the local queue manager is the queue manager to which the application is connected. Queues managed by the local queue manager are said to be local to that queue manager.
Displaying default object attributes
We can use the DISPLAY QUEUE command to display attributes that were taken from the default object when an IBM MQ object was defined.
Copying a local queue definition
We can copy a queue definition using the LIKE attribute on the DEFINE command.
Change local queue attributes
We can change queue attributes in two ways, using either the ALTER QLOCAL command or the DEFINE QLOCAL command with the REPLACE attribute.
Clearing a local queue
We can use the CLEAR command to clear a local queue.
Delete a local queue
We can use the MQSC command DELETE QLOCAL to delete a local queue.
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.
Enabling large queues
IBM MQ supports queues larger than 2 GB.
Parent topic: Administer local IBM MQ objects

Related information

Naming restrictions for queues
Naming restrictions for other objects