To be perfectly honest, you are on a fool's errand. Whoever hired you will pay a fortune, and end up with something that only you will be able to maintain. You may as well ask how to design an airplane, because your employer wants to go to Hawaii.
There are already many excellent parsers that are proven, well documented, maintained and supported. People who know them well still have their hands full mapping an 837 - it is the most complex X12 document in use, according to many. For you, a self-confessed newbie, to be designing the parser knowing neither the X12 standard nor the 837 document, is asking for failure. Please reconsider, for your client's sake. Art Douglas Lead Consultant Blackwater Network (877) 464-8915 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Guillermo Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 7:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EDI-L] Newbie needing to learn 837 parsing I am working on a project but need to learn how to parse an 837 file. I can parse all kinds of documents but this is the first time I have come across this EDI/X12 thing. Not a bad standard to be honest. But here is the thing I have to not use a third party to parse, I will program a parser in ColdFusion. But what I need is to learn how to read the "EDI Transaction Set 837 Implementation Guide". Does anybody know of a book that will help or a tutorial maybe? I have looked but all I get is people who want to sell me their parser. I dont need someones code I just need to understand this document to where I can write the parser. any help woould be appreciated. Guillermo ------------------------------------ ... 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 ------------------------------------ ... 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/
