Re: Clear Data Queue Command?

[Dr Syd Nicholson <sydnic@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Call program QCLRDTAQ. It  requires two parameters, the data queue name
and the library.

eg.    CALL QCLRDTAQ ('DataQueueName'  'LibraryName')

Syd Nicholson
Castlehill Computer Services Ltd.



Jim Langston wrote:

>We have a data queue tied to an output queue where errors go, and a program
>that processes the data queue by sending the spool file via e-mail to a
>user, then deleting the spool file.
>
>For quite a while I didn't notice that this monitoring job had a message
>waiting, so spool files, and data queue entries, were building up.
>
>During this time it seems that a lot of users (or someone unknown) were
>deleting their spool files, some which happened to be in this output queue
>with the data queue attached.
>
>So when the data queue entry is processed to send the spool file, and error
>occurs because the spool file no longer exists.  There are 187 spool files
>in the output queue, but I have no way of knowing how many entries in the
>data queue.  I would like to just clear out the data queue and process these
>spool files manually, but I can not find a CLRDTAQ command.
>
>Anyone have any suggestions besides deleting the data queue and recreating
>it?
>
>Regards,
>
>Jim Langston
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