Receiving data in TCP

Question

If i send 1000 bytes in TCP, does it guarantee that the receiver will get the entire 1000 bytes \"togther\"? or perhaps he will first only get 500 bytes, and later he\'ll re

Answer 1

Yes, there is a chance for receiving packets part by part. Hope this msdn article and following example (taken from the article in msdn for quick review) would be helpful to you if you are using windows sockets.

void CChatSocket::OnReceive(int nErrorCode)
{
   CSocket::OnReceive(nErrorCode);

   DWORD dwReceived;

   if (IOCtl(FIONREAD, &dwReceived))
   {
      if (dwReceived >= dwExpected)   // Process only if you have enough data
         m_pDoc->ProcessPendingRead();
   }
   else
   {
      // Error handling here
   }
}