HenkJen, It was stated in another post above, but your best bet would be to allow the separators and/or terminators be set at the trading partner level. As has been stated in many other posts on other subjects (such as the PACK level of an ASN), there are different requirements for different users. Some will prefer to have asterisks (*), some will use the tilde (~) and others will use a hyphen (-) and even others will.... Well, you get the point....
And it's not only "**BIG RETAILERS**" that are forcing the use of certain characters or ________ as terminators and separators.... it's just about ANY trading partner that is providing the spec. Generally, they're requiring the use of * or ~ or - because that's how they've got it set in their system (for a reason, sometimes!) and any document that does not meet those term/sep character requirements will generally fail. As has also been mentioned, some TPs will use special characters in their own internatl style numbers or what-have-you and so the use of that character outside of their style number or ____ will cause the document to fail.... A former retailer I worked with used to use the hyphen as part of it's SKU (format was 100-99999 - with the department/class set as the first 3 digits then the hyphen and then the actual SKU number for the item itself - and yes, they would use the same 5 digits across all departments/classes - could cause some confusion, let Me tell you!).... Craig Dunham EDI Coordinator Big 5 Sporting Goods --- In [email protected], "henkjanebbers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How is dealt with different separators/terminators. > I mean, when receiving I can receive any separators/terminators > because the ISA tells me what separators/terminators are used. > But when sending, can I expect that the receiver can also handle this. > Or are **BIG RETAILERS** forcing certain seperators/terminators? > (consequence would be party-dependant seperators/terminators) > > kind regards, > Henk-Jan Ebbers > ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
