It's the customer's carton numbers. We get an EDI document containing hundreds of them that get imported into the application. As normal, the client wants tracking down to the carton level (ie, received, shipped, received, errors, mis-matches).
The users will eventually get printed tally sheets with the cartons bar coded. But for now, it's me and my fingers. The notepad idea looks good. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Leach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 4:51 AM Subject: RE: [U2] 20 Digit Number > Mark, > > How are these numbers originated? It is rare for such complex numbers to be > produced entirely randomly. How are you being supplied with the numbers to > use for testing? Are they being printed out for you? If so, from where - and > could they be transmitted or OCR'ed? > > More background please... > > Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Johnson > > Sent: 20 November 2005 05:14 > > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > Subject: [U2] 20 Digit Number > > > > General Question. A client has just taken on a new major > > customer and we have to keep track of their product codes. > > These codes are 20 numbers long with no real prefixing, > > suffixing or patterns. > > > > Is there any way to abbreviate numbers. I know this is a > > weird question but I know that I may be entering these codes > > manually during the testing and/or installation phase of this > > project and 20 numbers is a lot of typing. > > > > I've run out of ideas that simplify as most tend to > > complicate matters. The users will eventually be using bar > > code, scanning off of printed documents. As I develop, I will > > not have that benefit. > > > > I can calculator-enter numbers pretty effeciently given my > > accounting background. But 20 digits is a lot. > > > > I'm open to any ideas even if to know there are none. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > Mark Johnson > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
