Attributes of queues

Some of the attributes of a queue are specified when the queue is defined, and cannot be changed afterwards (for example, the type of the queue). Other attributes of queues can be grouped into those that can be changed:

You can find the values of all the attributes using the MQINQ call.

The attributes that are common to more than one type of queue are:

QName
Name of the queue
QType
Type of the queue
QDesc
Text description of the queue
InhibitGet
Whether or not programs are allowed to get messages from the queue (although you can never get messages from remote queues)
InhibitPut
Whether or not programs are allowed to put messages on the queue
DefPriority
Default priority for messages put on the queue
DefPersistence
Default persistence for messages put on the queue
Scope (not supported on z/OS)
Controls whether an entry for this queue also exists in a name service

For a full description of these attributes, see the WebSphere MQ Application Programming Reference.