FIX 4.3 Tag 9: BodyLength

Length of the message body in bytes, counted from the first byte after the BodyLength field and its delimiter up to and including the delimiter before CheckSum (10). It is always the second field of a message.

Tag number: 9
Data type: LENGTH
FIX version: FIX 4.3
Location: Standard header

Data type

LENGTH: A positive integer giving a length in bytes, usually of the data field that follows.

FIX 4.3 message types that use tag 9

BodyLength belongs to the FIX 4.3 standard message header, which every message carries.

Also in other versions

FIX 4.0
FIX 4.1
FIX 4.2
FIX 4.4
FIX 5.0
FIX 5.0 SP1
FIX 5.0 SP2

Tag 9 across all FIX versions

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