Brian wrote:
>The initial problem was to figure out a way to indicate some
>product information for a food service 832. For instance, we needed a way
>to indicate that an item was Kosher. Figured it out eventually, but it
>would have been much easier if we had some
>sort of a database that we could have searched on the word Kosher, either
>as an element name or code value.
>We solved the problem by manually searching the codes from the back of the
>huge ANSI X.12 paper manual. Ick. Took forever.
>
Have you tried buying the CD-Rom version of the X12 standards from DISA?
It's a huge improvement over paper. Transaction sets are hyperlinked to
elements, and elements to codes. Codes are searchable. The only problem
with using the CD-Rom is that it will make you really grumpy if you are ever
forced to use the paper book again.
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