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Re: Duplicate fields
Sanjeev Sukumaran
21 Nov 2008 10:11AM ET

> Duplicate tags (not part of a repeating group ) should not be used in a
> FIX message since based on the counter party system implementation you
> may end up with a replaced, corrupted or a concatenated result value.
>
> > Is possible to have duplicate fields in a fix 4.2 message please?
> >
> > What I mean is
> >
> > I know the following is valid (repeating group and it has 2 entries)
> >
> > ...146=2;55=ABC;56=2;55=CBA;56=3;....
> >
> > but is this valid?
> >
> > ...146=1;55=ABC;55=ABC;
> >
> > Thanks

Thats what I thought.

Many thanks

Duplicate fields
Sanjeev Sukumaran   14 Nov 2008 7:57AM ET

Re: Duplicate fields
Saatwik Khanna / Banc Of America Securities   18 Nov 2008 3:28PM ET

Re: Duplicate fields
Sanjeev Sukumaran   21 Nov 2008 10:11AM ET