# RawData

**URL:** <https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/rawdata/1854>\
**Category:** General Q&A\
**Tags:** general-qa, xid\_165744, imported\
**Created:** [October 8, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/rawdata/1854 "2004-10-08T17:20:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jiryihtsaur30\_x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@jiryihtsaur30\_x](https://forum.fixtrading.org/u/jiryihtsaur30_x)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/rawdata/1854/1 "2004-10-08T17:20:26Z")

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Imported from previous forum

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**Author:** ![jiryihtsaur30\_x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@jiryihtsaur30\_x](https://forum.fixtrading.org/u/jiryihtsaur30_x)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/rawdata/1854/2 "2004-10-08T17:20:26Z")

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Some FIX tags such as RawData comes with a length tag, RawDataLength in this case. Is it legal to have extra bytes following RawData based on RawDataLength? Please see the example below.

…=4=12340000=value…

Or, should the receiver of the message be capable to handle it?

Jiryih Tsaur