Denise and list, The problem with supplying trailing element separators is that X12.6 paragraph 3.7 prohibits them. Therefore, a translator which enforces this particular requirement of the standard would reject the segment.
Gary, as is often said, god is in the details. Sell it. Art Douglas Manager, eCommerce Systems PaperPak San Dimas, CA 909-971-5025 -----Original Message----- From: Denise Tate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 12:02 PM To: Gary Bligh; [email protected] Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Compliance Question I don't see a system problem populating the trailing elements but why would you if your not going to use them? Just gets stripped off in translation and adds to the character cost if going through a van. Both segments are the same... denise -----Original Message----- From: Gary Bligh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 1:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EDI-L] Compliance Question All, A colleague is asserting that it is okay to populate trailing element separators preceeding a segment terminator. Here is an example: N1*SF*Gary*** Whereas, all the years I worked in EDI, the ANSI standard, as I understood them was that the segment should be translated like this: N1*SF*Gary Gary . 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 . 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 . 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/
