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Hi, It is worth noting that some implementations do use the 'space' character to convey a meaning so might pay to double check with the other side (if the space is being generated by them), they may be doing it for a reason. rgds Aaron Pryce Director The FIX Consultancy aa...@thefixconsultancy.com > > Hi all, > > > > Hope you guys are doing great!! > > Could you please anwser my questions below? > > > > Is it valid to have tags with field value as spaces? > > In other words "Is it valid to have a Tag with Field value of spaces ?' > > > > What is a better option, to send tags with field of spaces or not to send > > the entire tag if it has spaces as field value? > > String type tags can have spaces, and it is also ok if they are entirely > composed of spaces. > > > Having said that, a 'blank' value does not convey much. Thus, if the tag in > question is optional, you probably should just omit it. [You can unsubscribe from this discussion group by sending a message to mailto:unsubscribe+100932...@fixprotocol.org] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Financial Information eXchange" group. To post to this group, send email to fix-proto...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to fix-protocol+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fix-protocol?hl=en.
