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andy standleySubject: Another whitespace issue with EDI to XM
Author: andy standley
Date: 13 Oct 2008 05:12 PM
When I convert an EDIFACT file with

FTX+AAA+++THIS IS A SENTENCE THAT IS LONGER THAN THE 70 CHARACTERS ALLOWED FOR :ONE DATA ELEMENT'

the xml conveter ends up with
<FTX>
<FTX01>AAA</FTX01>
<FTX0401>THIS IS A SENTENCE THAT IS LONGER THAN THE 70 CHARACTERS ALLOWED FOR</FTX0401>
<FTX0401>ONE DATA ELEMENT</FTX0401>

and when converted back to EDIFACT IT BECOMES

FTX+AAA+++THIS IS A SENTENCE THAT IS LONGER THAN THE 70 CHARACTERS ALLOWED FOR:ONE DATA ELEMENT'

so the FTX loses its meaning.

Is there anyway to preserve this whitespace?

andy
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Tony LavinioSubject: Another whitespace issue with EDI to XM
Author: Tony Lavinio
Date: 23 Feb 2009 12:44 PM
No, because that whitespace is invalid.
See http://www.unece.org/trade/edifact/untdid/d422_s.htm#compressing

The general idea used in most forms of EDI is that when text is split
across multiple elements, when rejoined spaces should be inserted.
We've seen more sophisticated joiners, but depending on trailing spaces
isn't guaranteed to survice the serialization/deserialization steps.

   
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