> I'm new to EDI and was reviewing a source module where multiple x12 > files were appended to one another prior to transmission. Is this a > common practice?
Well, since there is no such thing as an "X12 file" it's hard to say.. BUT... Any one physical file (or stream) will often contain multiple *interchanges* .. and realistically, any EDI translator worth more than, say, three bucks should not complain about this. Although ... I'm sure many in the healthcare industry remember HCFA's "PC-PRINT" (for '835' remittance advice) program... which simply could not handle more than one interchange in a file. But since PC-PRINT was free, it met the "three-dollar test." (Current version of PC-PRINT *does* handle multiple interchanges per file). (And of course, some of you will also recall the "PC-PRINT FRONT END" program which broke up a file into one interchange per physical file.... I remember it ... because I wrote it). Michael Mattias Tal Systems, Inc. Racine WI [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.talsystems.com . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
