In message <[email protected]>, eppyebots <[email protected]> writes >I think I got rid of the 'horrible' errors. Try again ;-) I really >appreciate your feedback. > I will try again when I get the chance > >btw, I recently looked at the ISO 9735-1:2002 standard for edifact >(looking for another issue) and noticed in chapter 9.4: A data element >value containing only space(s) shall not be allowed. I never noticed >this before...
Part of the compression rules. I do not know if there has been re-wording in the last decade, but the rules did not allow you to send a field which was all blank or, for numeric fields, all zero. My objection to this was that if the field was mandatory there was no way you could legitimately send a zero or blank value. In a stock report you might genuinely want to indicate a zero stock level, for example. The standard did not allow you to distinguish between a missing value and a null value: I believe this is also an issue in database design, although I am not a database person! Regards Chris -- Chris Johnson mobile:+44 (0)7785 302122 Fax: +44 (0)870 0519 818 EDI website http://www.edimatrix.co.uk EDIMatrix Ltd work: 0844 414 6386 or +44 20 8778 1402 Registered in UK no. 2777624 Reg.Office: 34 Sydenham Rd, London SE26 5QF ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
