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Hi Hanno, Great. Got it and thanks. > Hi Peter, > > The answer to your question is "5" Here is an e.g. of a FIX message > > 8=FIX.4.4^9=56^35=0^49=CLIENT^56=BROKER^34=19^52=20090903- > 08:16:56.387^10=167 > > To make you clear, I am breaking the FIX message > > 8=FIX.4.4^9=56^ /*Counting starts from > here*/35=0^49=CLIENT^56=BROKER^34=19^52=20090903- > 08:16:56.387^/*Counting ends here*/ ^10=167 > > So the bodylength will have 56 value. > > Regards Harish > > > Hi Hanno, > > > > Thanks for your quick response. > > > > So, take this FIX msg for example, > > > > 8=FIX 4.4^9=11^35=0^10=10^ > > > > So the BodyLength is 5 for 35=0^, or it is 6 for ^35=0^ ? > > > > I am not a native English and such sentence "by counting the number of > > characters in the message following the BodyLength field up to" make > > me confused without any instance as example. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > Have you tried to find the answer in the FIX documentation? It took > > > me about 30 seconds by searching for "BodyLength". Here it is (FIX > > > 4.4 Volume 2 FIX Session Protocol, page 4 under Data Integrity): > > > > > > "The message length is indicated in the BodyLength field and is > > > verified by counting the number of characters in the message > > > following the BodyLength field up to, and including, the delimiter > > > immediately preceding the CheckSum tag (“10=”)." > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > What is the field BodyLength stand for ? It is for the whole FIX > > > > message's length, or for the length of the latter fields within > > > > this FIX message (does not include the first 3 fields' length) ? > > > > > > > > I got some sample FIX 4.1 sample data from this site, but the > > > > BodyLength field does not match to neither the whole message > > > > length or the latter fields' length. > > > > > > > > 8=FIX.4.1 9=90 35=0 49=INVMGR 56=BRKR 34=239 52=19980604- > > > > 08:02:31 10=026 8=FIX.4.1 9=112 35=0 49=BRKR 56=INVMGR 34=241 > > > > 52=19980604- > > > > 08:02:36 112=19980604-08:02:36 10=018 8=FIX.4.1 9=90 35=0 49=INVMGR > > > > 56=BRKR 34=240 52=19980604- > > > > 08:03:31 10=220 > > > > > > > > Thanks. [You can unsubscribe from this discussion group by sending a message to mailto:[email protected]] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Financial Information eXchange" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fix-protocol?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
