several passing thoughts : * use a certification service. your partner pays for the privilege of testing with a third party, at their expense. they get x number of chances to pass validation, and then pay to keep testing until they get it right. you don't have to deal with the infirm, and somone else gets to suffer. * use 997 in a creative fashion. if the data really is bad formatted, then fail it. just tighten down your validations. * send us their names, they sound like a perfect candidate for outsourcing or services :)
Anne Williams wrote: >Hi Group, > >I wanted to get a quick response about how best to deal with contracted EDI folks who >obviously either have not done much EDI or are not skilled at it but try to bluff >their way through & send many tests through that are not even attempting to be close >to the spec's or even pass X12 validation. > >I have asked several times to not have the person send me bad data, but to ask >questions. When the questions come they are not specific like in what Segment. > >Any ideas to make this less painful for me? > >Thank You > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >. >Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, ><LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> >Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- %%%%%%%%%%%%% cut here %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Brian Lehrhoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Messaging Consultant 201-913-4506 %%%%%%%%%%%%% cut here %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/OIFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
