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Re: 4.2 Allocation Message
Jim Kaye / Goldman Sachs
11 Nov 2005 4:06AM ET

Hello

As far as I'm aware it's not possible to send 4.4 messages over a 4.2 FIX session, though I'll defer to the Technical Committee for any comments they may have regarding this. It sounds like you're after the message fragmentation feature in 4.4 to enable you to split your allocation messages up. 4.2 doesn't support this, in fact the spec does state that when using teh Allocation message 'The total shares allocated must equal the Shares value which must equal the total executed quantity of the original order.'

Best regards

Jim Kaye, FIX Allocations Working Group

> Summary: Can I send a fix 4.4 Allocation Message over a 4.2 session.
>
> I have buffer limits for fix communication between the fix server and
> the server feeding the allocation message.
>
> If an allocation exceeds the buffer size, can I used fix 4.4 (with
> partial allocations) to send it?
>
> Is it allowed to send different fix version messages on the same
> session?


4.2 Allocation Message
Ram Peri   10 Nov 2005 5:41PM ET
Re: 4.2 Allocation Message
Jim Kaye / Goldman Sachs   11 Nov 2005 4:06AM ET
Re: 4.2 Allocation Message
Kevin Houstoun / HSBC Bank plc   11 Nov 2005 9:44AM ET