{{Quickfixn}} Limit String Length

[Grant Birchmeier]

Sorry, no, that's not an implemented feature in any QF port that I'm aware
of.

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Gaull, Jim <JGaull at ftportfolios.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
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> Does anyone know if there’s a way to set the maximum string length that’s
> allowed for a tag through the dictionary?  I would like to reject messages
> back to our counterparty if certain tags are too long.  For example, I
> believe our counterparty could send us a string that’s 100 characters long
> for the symbol (tag 55) but our database isn’t set up to accept a field
> that long.  For the sake of speed, I insert the contents of the messages
> into our database before validating the lengths of the tags.  If it’s not
> possible, I’ll just add a quick check before inserting into the database
> since my inserts are happening on a separate thread and won’t slow down the
> processing of new messages coming in.
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> Thanks!!
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