RE: Processing EDI stream file from Medicaid?

Carl,
We do not use EDI here so I'm not sure what real EDI
or NSF2.0 is.
Basically, it's a text file whose data starts with
'ISA' in the first 3 posititions, and 'ISE' to
indicate the end of the data set.
I'm not sure what you mean by running it through a
transator, but I assume that if the cpyfrmstmf will
wrap the data as you say, then I can write a parsing
routine (the program that you suggest) that can
determine actual records using the ~ as the end of
record indicator of '~'.
I was hoping that perhaps someone has done this
without the aid of EDI software. But what you suggest
seems reasonable.
Thanks
Don


--- Carl Galgano <cgalgano2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Don:
> IS this real EDI or something like NSF2.0?
> Most of the translators can handle data wrapped into
> either 80 or 132 byte
> records.  So just created a PF or either 80 or 132,
> then use the CPYFRMSTMF
> command and used the *FIXED option to load the data
> to the PF.  The data
> will be wrapped.   You can then pass that data to
> your translator.  If you
> must have the data as one segment per record, you
> then can write a little
> program to unwrap the data.  It is a pretty easy
> program to write.
> Regards,
> cjg
> 
> Carl J. Galgano
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: McIntyre Don [mailto:dnmcin@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 12:42 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: Processing EDI stream file from
> Medicaid?
> 
> 
> It looks to me that both cpyfrmstmf & cpyfrmimpf
> restricts end of line to either *all, *crlf, *lf,
> *cr,
> *lfcr, or *fixed.
> Thanks
> Don McIntyre
> 
> --- "Fisher, Don" <Dfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The CPYFRMSTMF command allows you to specify an
> end
> > of line character. You
> > could use it to copy the data into a conventional
> > physical file.
> > 
> > Hope that helps.
> > 
> > Donald R. Fisher, III
> > Project Manager
> > Roomstore Furniture Company
> > (804) 784-7600 extension 2124
> > DFisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > <clip>
> > Does anyone have experience in processing a Stream
> > file without a
> > line/carriage return on the iSeries?
> > 
> > This is an EDI type file from Medicaid.  It has
> the
> > pipe bar(|) field
> > seperator and a tilda ~ end of line indicator.
> > <clip>
> > _______________________________________________
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