UTF-8 character encoding with the BusinessConnect (BC) EDI Protocol.
Article ID: KB0086139
Updated On:
| Products | Versions |
|---|---|
| TIBCO BusinessConnect EDI Protocol Powered by Instream | - |
| Not Applicable | - |
Description
Description:
When generating an outbound X12 document using UTF-8 encoding, extra characters are placed at the beginning of the file. Can this behavior be suppressed? Also, when receiving X12 documents with UTF-8, BC does not process the UTF-8 characters correctly, substituting garbage characters instead. How can this be corrected?
Symptoms:
For outbound documents, the beginning of the generated X12 file has the following hex values:
EF BB BF (or similar)
before the ISA segment.
For inbound documents, no such string is present.
Cause:
For UTF-8 character generation and processing, a BOM (Byte Order Mark) is required. For outbound documents, BC inserts a BOM (Byte Order Mark). Because UTF-8 is a multibyte character set, a BOM field is needed to tell the receiving application in what order the multibyte characters occur. For an inbound document, a BOM is required on the inbound document to tell the Instream parser how to process the inbound document.
Resolution
If a BOM is not desired, use ISO-8859-1 (ASCII) encoding. Otherwise, your trading partner should be able to understand the BOM in the UTF-8 X12 document. Similarly, if an inbound document contains UTF-8 characters, it must be constructed with a BOM.
Issue/Introduction
UTF-8 character encoding with the BusinessConnect (BC) EDI Protocol.
Additional Information
BusinessConnect EDI Protocol User's Guide, BusinessConnect EDI Protocol X12 User's Guide
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