| Title: | ALPHA CHARACTERS IN STATEMENT NUMBERS |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2000-09-21 |
| To: | abi |
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ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NUMBER 99-0279, DATED 4/19/99, AND NUMBER
99-0323, DATED 4/26/99, ALERTED ABI FILERS TO A CHANGE IN THE RULES
FOR FORMATTING A STATEMENT NUMBER. THE IDENTIFIED CHANGE INVOLVES
THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE LAST 3 POSITIONS OF THE STATEMENT NUMBER
MAY NOW CONTAIN ALPHA OR NUMERIC CHARACTERS WHEN PREVIOUSLY IT WOULD
CONTAIN NUMERIC CHARACTERS ONLY.
BE AWARE THAT CUSTOMS NOW HAS PORT LOCATIONS THAT EXCEED 900 STATEMENTS
GENERATED IN A SINGLE DAY. LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK PROCESS THE LARGEST
NUMBER OF STATEMENTS PER DAY. THE STEADY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
STATEMENTS BEING GENERATED INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT ALPHA
CHARACTERS WILL BE USED IN STATEMENT NUMBERS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
ABI SOFTWARE VENDORS AND SELF PROGRAMMED FILERS ARE URGED TO REVIEW THE
ABOVE NOTED ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES AND ENSURE THAT THEIR PROGRAMMING
IS ABLE TO HANDLE ALPHA CHARACTERS IN THE STATEMENT NUMBER FIELDS.
STATEMENT NUMBERS ARE CONTAINED IN THE FOLLOWING ABI RECORDS:
APPLICATION ID RECORD ID
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-- B
QR Q3
QR Q5
QR Q7
QN QT
QS QU
HT H2
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MESSAGE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR
ASSIGNED CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.