This'll prove to be far more of a headache then it's worth down the road. At some point you have to let go of the pride and accept the fact that most (majority? all?) companies don't have the resources to maintain homegrown EDI translators. There are plenty of affordable (read: cheaper than creating your own) solutions out there.
It'll seem easy at first, and it will probably work well initially, but the sheer volume of possibilities is going to haunt you. From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Stecklair Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EDI-L] Re: Newbie needing to learn 837 parsing Hi G -- I'm curious how well your functional ack process is working, now that you have the file parsing so well under control. Seriously, I am currently implementing a "Off the Shelf" EDI software solution at a client site to replace their home grown EDI messages written in PERL. And, yes, they currently are unable to send out FA's, or perform the reconciliation. They had enough issues with the home grown PERL that the CIO refused to implement any more messages until they purchased a real system. The PERL consultant is gone, and the CIO himself must troubleshoot the scripts when they have an issue. I bet they now wish they went this route originally as all the $$'s & work by the original consultant is a throw away. Years ago, one of my bosses - a major leader in EIDX -- refused to implement anyone with a home grown EDI system, because we were burnt spending time debugging their programs and educating them. I agree with Art. My 2 cents. Susan -- / Excellence in eCommerce Integration and Products since 1993/ Regards, Susan Stecklair, MBA President *Phone: * 408.996.7492 web: www.ecommerce-inc.com <http://www.ecommerce-inc.com> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... 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/
