| Title: | INCORRECT CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS QUERIES (IN). |
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| Date: | 1993-07-19 |
| To: | abi |
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MOST FILERS USING THE NEW CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS QUERY
(APPLICATION IN) ARE RECEIVING ERROR MESSAGES BECAUSE THE ENTRY
NUMBER IN THE INPUT TRANSACTION IS NOT POSITIONED OR FORMATTED
PROPERLY.
ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NUMBER 92-0547, DATED 10/15/92, GAVE
NOTIFICATION THAT THE STRUCTURE OR THE R1 INPUT RECORD WOULD BE
MODIFIED. THIS RECORD WAS ORIGINALLY DEFINED IN ADMINISTRATIVE
MESSAGE 92-0368, DATED 8/27/92. AGAIN, THE MODIFICATION IS AS
FOLLOWS: POSITIONS 3 THROUGH 6 INCLUSIVE ARE DEFINED AS SPACE
FILL AND THE REMAINING FIELDS IN THE RECORD ARE SHIFTED FOUR
POSITIONS TO THE RIGHT. THIS MEANS THAT THE ENTRY FILER CODE
OCCUPIES POSITIONS 7 THROUGH 9, THE ENTRY NUMBER OCCUPIES
POSITIONS 10 THROUGH 18, AND POSITIONS 19 THROUGH 80 ARE SPACE
FILL.
MOST QUERIES ARE BEING SUBMITTED WITH THE FILER/ENTRY NUMBER
BEGINNING AT POSITION 3. THE CURRENT BASIS FOR THE ERROR MESSAGE
IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE INVOLVES THE TRAILING PORTION OF THE ENTRY
NUMBER THAT STRETCHES INTO THE ACTUAL ENTRY NUMBER FIELD. IN THE
NEAR FUTURE AN EDIT WILL BE ADDED TO REJECT R1 RECORDS CONTAINING
ANYTHING OTHER THAN SPACES IN POSITIONS 3-6.
MANY QUERIES WITH THE ENTRY NUMBER POSITIONED CORRECTLY DO NOT
HAVE THE ENTRY NUMBER FORMATTED PROPERLY. ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NUMBER 92-0368 STATES, "THE FIRST POSITION OF THE ENTRY NUMBER
FIELD (THE SEQUENTIAL PORTION OF THE NUMBER FOLLOWING THE FILER
CODE) MUST BE A SPACE." THE LAYOUT FOR THE R1 RECORD, PROVIDED
IN THE SAME ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE, REFERENCES CATAIR APPENDIX E
FOR INFORMATION REGARDING VALID ENTRY NUMBER FORMATS. CATAIR
APPENDIX E STATES, "IF THE ENTRY NUMBER IS ONE OF THE NEW
TRANSACTION NUMBERS, THE FIELD IS FORMATTED AS ONE SPACE FOLLOWED
BY THE SEVEN-DIGIT TRANSACTION NUMBER AND THE CHECK DIGIT."
TECHNICALLY THIS MEANS THE FIELD IS ALPHA/NUMERIC, AND THE CATAIR
WILL BE CORRECTED TO REFLECT THAT FACT.
QUERIES ARE BEING RECEIVED WITH A LEADING ZERO IN THE FIRST
POSITION OF THE 9 POSITION ENTRY NUMBER FIELD. CURRENTLY, IF THE
8 DIGITS FOLLOWING THE LEADING ZERO REPRESENT A VALID ENTRY
NUMBER, THE QUERY IS SUCCESSFULLY PROCESSED. IN THE VERY NEAR
FUTURE ANYTHING OTHER THAN A SPACE IN THE FIRST POSITION OF THE
ENTRY NUMBER FIELD WILL RESULT IN A REJECTION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MESSAGE, PLEASE CONTACT
YOUR CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.