Definition of Garbled message as per FIXT.1.1
Mahesh Kumaraguru <>
20 Apr 2009 12:25PM ET
In FIX_Transport_1.1.pdf page 38 of 66 (March 2008) defines a Garbled message as
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BeginString (tag #8) is not the first tag in a message or is not of the format 8=FIXT.n.m.
BodyLength (tag #9) is not the second tag in a message or does not contain the correct byte count.
MsgType (tag #35) is not the third tag in a message.
Checksum (tag #10) is not the last tag or contains an incorrect value.
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The following additions should be made to the above list of definitions of a garbled message
SenderCompID (tag #49) is not the fourth tag in a message.
TargetCompID (tag #56) is not the fifth tag in a message.
ApplVerID (tag #1128) if present in message is not the sixth tag in a message.
Non numeric Tag is present in the message, for example ^X=123^
(Request :- If this is not the correct forum for discussing FIX_Transport_1.1.pdf, please let me know the correct forum)
Regards,
K. Mahesh
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