Quoted text is from <[email protected]>, by Mike Rawlins <[email protected]>
>Jonathan Allen many years ago brought to our attention that >the ISA might be 106 bytes with the segment terminator in the 107th >byte, this due to the fact that the control number can be negative. >True >also that this almost never happens, but if you want a bullet proof >completely compiant parser you'll need to accomodate this idiosyncracy. :-) Yes, we changed our converters to be able to handle this situation! We felt that the probability of its happening was close to negative itself, but the change was a minor one and we did want to be 'standards compliant'. Regards Chris -- Chris Johnson mobile:+44 (0)7785 302122 Fax: +44 (0)870 0519 818 EDI website http://www.edimatrix.co.uk EDIMatrix Ltd work: 0845 126 0680 or +44 20 8778 1402 Registered in UK no. 2777624 Reg.Office: 34 Sydenham Rd, London SE26 5QF ------------------------------------ ... 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/
