[Quickfix-developers] SendercompID and targetCompID

[Shankar K. <skr...@jw...>]

Hi,

Just to be sure (since I donot have the broker connection enabled yet), 
The SenderCompId and TargetCompId, can be IP addresses right ?

I am planning to use the 'Heartbeat messages', Would you normally use these
Messages and show this as a status In the client application.

Thanks
Shankar


-----Original Message-----
From: Oren Miller [mailto:or...@qu...] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 10:37 AM
To: Caleb Epstein
Cc: Shankar Krishnan; qui...@li...
Subject: Re: [Quickfix-developers] Order Types/ FIX Codes

A convenient solution for most systems, if you don't want to put a  
lot of effort into it, is to use the value of the MsgSeqNum.  If you  
are worried about sequence resets, pair it with a time value.

--oren

On Oct 5, 2005, at 9:25 AM, Caleb Epstein wrote:

> On 10/5/05, Shankar Krishnan <skr...@jw...> wrote:
> What is the normal method used to generate ClOrdID, is using the  
> random number gen valid or should I use something
> More robust.
>
> Most exchanges and sell-side systems expect every ClOrdID to be  
> unique for a given session and will reject or ignore duplicates.   
> Using a random number generator isn't a very good idea unless you  
> can be sure it doesn't repeat.  Most systems use either a simple  
> increasing sequence number or something like the NYSE DOT system's  
> branch code + sequence number convention (AAA 0001, AAA 0002, ...  
> ZZZ 9999).
>
> -- 
> Caleb Epstein
> caleb dot epstein at gmail dot com