think you can only delete a queue once there are no messages in it, so a non empty queue needs to be purged before it can be deleted.
purge == "delete all messages in the queue" delete == "remove the queue" 2009/9/11 pstein <pxstei...@yahoo.ca> > > When I look on the browser interface of ActiveMQ then there are two entries > after each queue: > > Purge > and > Delete > > What is exactly the difference ? > > Is the following correct: > > "Purge"=kill a whole queue and "Delete"=kill only msgs inside a queue? > > Peter > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/%22Purge%22%3Dkill-a-whole-queue-and-%22Delete%22%3Dkill-only-msgs-inside-a-queue--tp25396505p25396505.html > Sent from the ActiveMQ - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -- http://blog.garytully.com Open Source Integration http://fusesource.com