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Re: '=' in Tag 58
Eva Schmidt
24 Apr 2008 9:31AM ET

> Hi,
>
> I have a basic query on tag58 which is free text format.
>
> How should a case be handled if equal to '=' sign is sent in tag58? For
> example a request is sent with tag58 as 'Name=Sachin'. All other tags
> with '=' sign is rejected.
>
> Regards, Sachin

Hi,

I'm not sure if I understood your question correctly, but:
Tag 58 (Text) can transport any free form text, also including "=".
For example:

... SOH58="name=sachin"SOH...

If you want to handle the information inside, you have to parse the free form text string ...

Hope that helps?!
Eva


'=' in Tag 58
FIX Query   24 Apr 2008 8:41AM ET
Re: '=' in Tag 58
Eva Schmidt   24 Apr 2008 9:31AM ET
Re: '=' in Tag 58
Andrew McDaniel / Transacttools, Inc   24 Apr 2008 10:15AM ET