The purpose of the 864 is to convey a message in a human-readable form.  The data contained in the 864 is not intended to be processed electronically.
 
The 997 is to used to convey back to the trading partner the status of a received message (accepted, rejected, .... etc.), and is intended to be processed electronically.
 
The industry standard is not to use the 997 for common messages.
-----Original Message-----
From: Electronic Data Interchange Issues [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Linda Holden Givens
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 12:07 PM
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Subject: 997 and 864

Would a 997 Functional Acknowledgement and 864 Text Message be feasible to use for a Common Message?


Linda Holden Givens
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