(This didn't appear to come through yesterday when I sent it; I never received it anywyay. So, I apologize if you've already received it.)
First of all, I'd like to thank everyone would replied and pass on that each of you hit upon the problem in one way or another. It turns out that it was, in fact, bad data! Intermittently, I am receiving NULL characters inside of a text area that is stopping the sort action. However, my troubleshooting technique was a little lacking! I was using a shell script that rewrites the "xlate" file after stripping off the Queue Key/Event Name from the beginning of each record and then submits the resulting file for outbound translation. This always worked the second time around, so I didn't suspect any data issues. But, I guess when the bad record got rewritten, the NULL character was removed. Anyway, to make a long story short, I became frustrated with my inability to fix it! So I copied each one of the original files that were contained in a failed translation over to our test system and kicked off the outbound translator. It failed in exactly the same place! After a quick investigation of the data, I discovered the culprit! Thanks again for all your great advice and maybe next time, I'll listen a little more closely! Steve McCunn AIT/EDI BancTec, Inc. (972) 450-7709 This email, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of the email, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by email or telephone and permanently delete all copies of this email and any attachments. . 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/
