EDIFACT Ampersand and other characters problem..

Hi guys... it's very strange, I'm parsing an ORDERS file, using the EDIReceiver pipe, and I get:

The complete line is:

FTX+AAA+++HSNC096QMA0 AMBBSEE 1 220-240V 50HZ EXPORT MODEL SCOTH & ENG+EN'

So it's very obvious , if I remove the " & ", it works perfectly.

What would be the solution in order to biztalk process the file correctly without the replace and including the & char I double checked the characterencoding of the pipeline and it's UTF8 . It's a very basic thing. I get it also with others , for instance : ****** .

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Victor

Hi Victor,

Which syntax are you using - UNOA If so, the "&" is an invalid character. I understand this can't currently be configured but maybe someone else on the forum can calrify that.

Richard

Thanks for the answer Richard. Indeed it's UMA, as the heading indicates, here:

UNB+UNOA:3+

It's strange that I got a message with a forbidden character, if that's the case how could they generate the orders file then.

Thanks Leonid , anyway if it's a limitation of the UNOA as I checked on th web is also a mistake from my trading partner to generate a file with forbidden characters.

Basil,

My specific problem is mapping an address field with a "#" character (e.g. 123 Anystreet #10) to various fields in a D96A_PAYMUL file and am getting the invalid character errors. When you say you set the EDI Data Validation property in the pipeline to "false" do you mean the defaul EdiSend pipeline Or did you create a custom pipeline Even though this appears to be invalid syntax, my customer says "This is the way it's always been so make it work."

Cheers.