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On May 20, 2011, at 3:02 PM, Michael Mattias/LS wrote: > >>There is no indicator for "997 requested" in the ISA segment or anywhere > >else in an ANSI X12 interchange, functional group or transaction set.... > >> .... > >>ISA14 - Acknoweldgment Requested (values 0 = no, 1 = yes) - asks for an > <<interchange acknowledgment. (TA1 segment > > >Michael, I cant believe that we still have to state this after 3-plus > >decades of using the X12 standards. > > I can. > > Every week I run into people new to ANSI/EDIFACT EDI who have a lot of > preconceived notions..in addition to misunderstanding the meaning of > ISA14..... > . > - Element delimiter is ALWAYS "*" > - Delimiters are always the same for all interchanges in any one physical > file > - Sender/Receiver IDs at functional group level are always the same as IDs > at ISA level > - There is some one-to-one relationship between ISA 12 and GS06 version > values, e.g., if GS06=''004010" then ISA12 MUST equal "00401" > - ANSI EDI data is *always* formatted one segment per line (with CRLF > termination) > - Elvis frequently visits the Mall of America in Minneapolis > - ANSI/EDIFACT EDI is obsolete, having been superceded by XML-format > documents (which are easy to implement because there is never any ambiguity > regarding the meaning of a tag) > - If you've never touched an ANSI/EDIFACT EDI system but are otherwise > bright and hardworking you can implement a new system and do it well, from > scratch - by yourself - without any training or support from an EDI > professional. > > All absolutely false, except of course the Elvis thing. I just threw that in > to see if everyone was paying attention. > > Michael C. Mattias > Tal Systems Inc. > Racine WI > [email protected] > > [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: [email protected] [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/
