Either character is a valid as a segment terminator. Other characters may also be used. The X12.5 Interchange Control Standard contains a list of recommended characters for delimiters as well as some that should be avoided for a variety of reasons, most often that they might be interpreted by various communications protocols as control characters.
The delimiter characters to be used are typically agreed to between trading partners and are usually specified in a trading partner agreement. Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 http://www.rfa-edi.com <http://www.rfa-edi.com> -----Original Message----- From: BARTON, Joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 11:51 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Segment separators - Translators All the HIPAA transaction examples I have seen, and IG's use a tilde for a segment separator. This segment separator is defined in the ISA segment at the top of the transaction set. I have referenced in BizTalk server 2000 documentation where a carriage return is the most common choice as defined in X12 standards dictionary X12.22 Our Unisys mainframe can handle a segment as a record containing a carriage return very well, but not several thousand segments as one record if the tilde is the separator. Your comments on this matter are appreciated. Joseph "JP" Barton Information Technology Applications Specialist State of Washington DSHS/ASD/OIS (360) 664-6147 {mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please promptly delete this message and its attachments from your computer system, and notify the sender. All messages to and from the Department of Social and Health Services may be disclosed to the public. . <<BARTON, Joe.vcf>> ********************************************************************** To be removed from this list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that it may take up to 72 hours to process your request. ********************************************************************** To be removed from this list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that it may take up to 72 hours to process your request.
