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beginner question: X12 flavours
Hi all
A new customer is asking my company to implement what they've called an X12 850
for them. In my (very limited) experience with X12 formats I expected a PO with
a data format that used a sequence of asterix-delimited lines--identified by 2
or 3 character codes such as "ISA", "GS", "ST", "BEG" etc--that were typically
around 20-50 characters in length.
This customer however--who is using Oracle R11i--is supplying a PO format that's
devoid of delimiter chars (other than CR) & primarily identifies data
positionally with flds they call Record Number, Record Layout, and Record Layout
Qualifier. These flds are positioned at col 92-100 and contain combined values
like "0010CTCTL" on line 1 of the transaction, "0020A1TH1" on line 2,
"0030A2TH2" on line 3 & so on. The sample data lines are typically around 200 -
500 chars in length (mostly whitespace).
The format is reasonably easy to follow, but its radically different from what I
was expecting! I had assumed X12 to be a reasonably homogenous format based on
premises reasonably similar to EDIFACT, but this current customer seems to have
blown that idea out of the water :)
Is anyone able to help me out by commenting on the number of X12 flavors around,
&, if they recognize it, maybe identifying the example I've described here from
this Oracle customer?
Many thanks in advance!!!! My inexpert web searches so far haven't shed any
light on the subject, and I'm keen to get some independent input before I go
back to the customer.
Regards,
Charles Ferguson
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