[C#] Sockets and out of Order messages

[Pc_Madness]

Hey guys, I just need to clarify how out of order a message can be when using Sockets.

I've read that say the message,

"This is a sample message"

Can come in dribs and drabs,

"This is"

"a sample"

"message"

Obviously in this case, the solution is just add a marker to point out the start and end of a message, however is it possible for messages to come in this order...

"message"

"This is"

"a sample"

? As that'd make the marker abit of a stupid solution.

Or another situation, say for example the server does,

.Send("My Message");

.Send("Another message straight after");

Could the two messages be jumbled up with each other as well as jumbled up amongst themselves? or will it always be one send then the other?

[Andareed]

Depends on connection. For TCP they will always be in order. For UDP they might not be and there is no guarantee that the full message will even be delivered.

[Pc_Madness]

TCP is the protocol being used. :) Well thats good to know, thanks Andareed. :)

[John Veteran]

TCP packets are numbered, and if they arrive out of order, then the TCP/IP stack will assemble them in order before handing the data to the application.