$Buffer Size

Function

Returns the current size of the user's Universal Buffer.

Syntax

$BUFFER_SIZE

Where

$BUFFER_SIZE takes no arguments and returns a numeric result.

If...	$BUFFER_SIZE returns...
No Universal Buffer exists, because you used this function in a pre-V6R1.0 release, or the MQ/204 Interface is not linked in.	-1
No Universal Buffer or MQ/204 operations by this user since logon	0
This user has used the Universal Buffer	The number of bytes used

Usage

The size of BUFFER may be explicitly set by a MODIFY BUFFER statement or increased implicitly by statements that place data into the Universal Buffer. The minimum buffer size is UBUFSZ value and the maximum is 2,147,483,647 bytes.