Is there a way to check how many messages are in a MSMQ Queue?
If you need a fast method (25k calls/second on my box), I recommend Ayende's version based on MQMgmtGetInfo() and PROPID_MGMT_QUEUE_MESSAGE_COUNT:
for C# https://github.com/hibernating-rhinos/rhino-esb/blob/master/Rhino.ServiceBus/Msmq/MsmqExtensions.cs
for VB https://gist.github.com/Lercher/5e1af6a2ba193b38be29
The origin was probably http://functionalflow.co.uk/blog/2008/08/27/counting-the-number-of-messages-in-a-message-queue-in/ but I'm not convinced that this implementation from 2008 works any more.
You can read the Performance Counter value for the queue directly from .NET:
using System.Diagnostics;
// ...
var queueCounter = new PerformanceCounter(
"MSMQ Queue",
"Messages in Queue",
@"machinename\private$\testqueue2");
Console.WriteLine( "Queue contains {0} messages",
queueCounter.NextValue().ToString());
There is no API available, but you can use GetMessageEnumerator2
which is fast enough. Sample:
MessageQueue q = new MessageQueue(...);
int count = q.Count();
Implementation
public static class MsmqEx
{
public static int Count(this MessageQueue queue)
{
int count = 0;
var enumerator = queue.GetMessageEnumerator2();
while (enumerator.MoveNext())
count++;
return count;
}
}
I also tried other options, but each has some downsides
- Performance counter may throw exception "Instance '...' does not exist in the specified Category."
- Reading all messages and then taking count is really slow, it also removes the messages from queue
- There seems to be a problem with
Peek
method which throws an exception