AMQSBLST MQ sample program - It's a Blast!

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It's a Blast - Try it, you'll like it.

There are lots of good sample programs, one favorite is amqsblst. 
It is very easy to use and is a great multipurpose tool for testing, demonstrations, and proof of concept.

It is almost foolproof, however there is one thing that you need to remember. 
The order of input parameters are: queue manager, and then queue, (which is just the opposite of most of the sample programs, such as amqsput).

This sample is provided with the MQ Samples fileset.
For example, in Linux:
MQSeriesSamples

The location is:
Windows:
   C:\Program Files\IBM\MQ\tools\c\Samples\Bin64\amqsblst.exe
Linux:
  /opt/mqm/samp/bin/amqsblst
 

There are 2 types of executables (similar to amqsput / amqsputc)
-- Local bindings: amqsblst
-- Client network: amqsblstc
  

+ Parameter:

Here are the parameters for amqsblst (same for amqsblstc):

welcome to blast
Usage: amqsblst queue_manager queue -R -W -s message_size -c message_count -C correlid -v
    where
      queue_manager    : queue manager name
      queue            : queue to read from or write to
      -R               : read messages from queue
      -W               : write messages to queue
      -s message_sizes : comma separated list of sizes for messages to write, or random (range 1-262144)
      -c message_count : number of messages to write range 1 upwards
      -C correlid      : correllation ID
      -u uow_size      : unit of work size
      -v               : verbose messages
 

+ Blast putting 500 messages of size 1K to the BLAST.QUEUE on queue manager DEMO:

+ Blast getting 500 1K messages from the BLAST.QUEUE:

+++ Newer sample that has more features

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6437003
MQ sample "blast", enhancement for amqsblst which includes persistent messages
 

+++ Document Number
1081221