An EDI specialist using Foxpro. I hope the people who pay your salary realize
how specialized that actually is. LOL
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From: Richard Quilhot <quilh...@gmail.com>
To: ProFox Email List <profox@leafe.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: USAGE Of Memos, Stability & an Error!
Don't get me wrong, I'm fine working with EDI. But, like you said each
trading partner
has it's own take on how the standards are used.
Rick Q
quilh...@gmail.com
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Kurt @ VR-FX <v...@optonline.net> wrote:
> U guys crack me up with the EDI comments. Yeah - at times it IS a PITA.
> Seems there is some kind of standard - but, then many stores have TOO
> Many deviations. But, there kind of is a certain amount of standards
> underlying it all. Believe me. I've been dealing with the stuff for like
> 3.5 years now. And, at my job - Im the best one there to do it - in VFP.
> The other guy - the old guy - gone for 1.5 years now - so - since then -
> and even before - all the QA Techs would come to me with the most
> Difficult problems - or, especially - Urgent Time sensitive problems -
> since they know I AM the GO TO Guy to Truly get things done!!!
>
> :-)
> -K-
>
> On 2/8/2012 6:18 PM, Michael Madigan wrote:
> > Every store does EDI differently, so how the hell is it a standard
> anyway?
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Richard Quilhot<quilh...@gmail.com>
> > To: ProFox Email List<profox@leafe.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 5:50 PM
> > Subject: Re: USAGE Of Memos, Stability& an Error!
> >
> > It is a PITA!
> >
> > Rick Q
> > quilh...@gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Michael Madigan<mmadi10...@yahoo.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I break into a rash every time someone mentions EDI.
> >>
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: Richard Quilhot<quilh...@gmail.com>
> >> To: ProFox Email List<profox@leafe.com>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 4:27 PM
> >> Subject: Re: USAGE Of Memos, Stability& an Error!
> >>
> >> Those EDI elements that repeat could be put into a child table(s) with
> as
> >> many rows as needed.
> >> Same thng with the tracking numbers.
> >>
> >> Rick Q
> >> quilh...@gmail.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Kurt Wendt<kurtwe...@waitex.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> FYI - for that EDI Data storage - that anywhere from like 20 lines
> (each
> >>> 20 to 100 chars's) to 100 lines or MORE!
> >>>
> >>> And - as another update. My buddy told me the client had a server
> Crash.
> >>> {NOT very shocking when he told me their server has 3GB of RAM - while
> >>> the system the other day reported usage of 7GB of RAM - i.e. Virtual
> >>> RAM.} Seems the client is being TOO CHEAP - since they are our Biggest
> >>> client - and they ARE a BIG Co. - and they should have a Hefty Server
> >>> w/16GB or RAM!
> >>>
> >>> A Server for running a BIG business should NOT be the place to cut
> >>> Pennies...
> >>>
> >>> Well, that's IMHO and YMMV.
> >>> -K-
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:
> profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com]
> >>> On Behalf Of Sytze de Boer
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 4:10 PM
> >>> To: profoxt...@leafe.com
> >>> Subject: Re: USAGE Of Memos, Stability& an Error!
> >>>
> >>> In my opinion, if a field has to capture data from 2 to 150 chars, I
> >>> would use a text field
> >>> Then I would consider a memo field
> >>>
> >>> S
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Kurt Wendt<kurtwe...@waitex.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> In the one instance - it had to do with the saving of Shipment
> >>> Tracking
> >>>> numbers for an Invoice. It could be as few as 2 numbers, or up to 20
> >>> or
> >>>> more. So - the Memo field seemed the most obvious method - as well as
> >>> a
> >>>> Quick& Dirty solution.
> >>>>
> >>>> For the other project - it happens to do with EDI data - and a
> >>>> particular trading partner that is making the whole processing of
> >>> THEIR
> >>>> Data nearly impossible. Instead of adding a TONS of new fields into
> >>> our
> >>>> DBF system - instead, I store most of the EDI 850 (Order) data lines
> >>>> into a Memo field attached to the Order. This way - I can simply
> >>>> re-retrieve the extra data fields on the fly when need[excessive quoting
> >>>> removed by server]
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