Work with MQ Messages (WRKMQMMSG)

Where allowed to run: All environments (*ALL)
Threadsafe: Yes

The Work with MQ Messages (WRKMQMMSG) command lists the messages on a specified local queue and allows you to work with those messages. From the list of messages, we can display the contents of a message and its associated message descriptor (MQMD).

Parameters

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
QNAME	Queue name	Character value	Required, Positional 1
MQMNAME	Message Queue Manager name	Character value, *DFT	Optional, Positional 2
FIRST	First Message	1-30000, 1	Optional, Positional 3
MAXMSG	Maximum number of messages	1-30000, 48	Optional, Positional 4
MAXMSGLEN	Maximum message size	128-999999, 1024	Optional, Positional 5

Queue name (QNAME)

Specifies the name of the local queue.

The possible values are:

queue-name: Specify the name of the local queue.

Message Queue Manager name (MQMNAME)

Specifies the name of the message queue manager.

The possible values are:

*DFT: Use the default queue manager.
queue-manager-name: Specify the name of the queue manager.

First Message (FIRST)

Specifies the number of the first message to display.

The possible values are:

1: The number of the first message to display is 1.
message-number: Specify the number of the first message to display ranging from 1 through 30 000.

Maximum number of messages (MAXMSG)

Specifies the maximum number of messages to display.

The possible values are:

48: Display a maximum of 48 messages.
count-value: Specify a value for the maximum number of messages to display ranging from 1 through 30 000.

Maximum message size (MAXMSGLEN)

Specifies the maximum size of message data to display.

The size of a message, greater than the value specified, is suffixed by a plus (+) character to indicate that the message data is truncated.

The possible values are:

1024: The size of the message data is 1024 bytes.
length-value: Specify a value ranging from 128 through 999999.

Examples

None

Error messages

Unknown