We
have a situation where I could use some community opinion:
I am
on a Windows NT4. I am FTPing ASCII X12 messages to my trading partner's
Windows NT box. From there they pull the messages into an IBM System
370.
The
problem arises when certain characters fail character set conversion from ASCII
to EBCDIC. The partner rejects an entire batch because it contains what
they call "transparent data".
I have
done a little research; this FAQ (http://www.primefactors.com/inside/FaqDesEdi.html#platform )
states that "there is no standardly accepted translation table." I have
tried to get the partner to tell me what characters are valid and which
translate as "transparent" so that I can implement a filter, but they don't know
what the rules for the character set conversion mapping are and therefore cannot
tell me.
Does
anyone know where to look for these in there system or have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Anthony Beecher
