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RE: beginner question: X12 flavours
Charles,
Your file issue was answered earlier but this is a good example of why
trading partner implementation guides (IG) are useful. An IG would have
indicated something was remiss with the file that was sent you.
Regards,
David Frenkel
Business Development
GEFEG USA
Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools
www.gefeg.com
425-260-5030
-----Original Message-----
From: cmcf_au < [mailto:
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 3:10 PM
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Subject: [EDI-L] 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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