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Message started by David Waldmann on 04/07/05 at 07:08:43

Title: Special characters in Item Numbers
Post by David Waldmann on 04/07/05 at 07:08:43

Are there any reasons that one should avoid using special characters (such as # $ & / etc) in an item number?

Title: Re: Special characters in Item Numbers
Post by aricon on 04/07/05 at 08:46:37

The only common reason relates to import/export. Special characters usully end up acting as a "stop" command in ASCII and during import/export anything after them will not be read.

Title: Re: Special characters in Item Numbers
Post by David Waldmann on 04/07/05 at 10:20:17

That's what I thought. But thanks for the confirmation.

Title: Re: Special characters in Item Numbers
Post by trutax on 04/11/05 at 09:07:47

We have 10000 items and the majority have ' and " markers (inch and feet). This was a MAJOR catastrophe when attempting to convert from DBA CLassic to DBA Next Generation (Ezijobz). Classic doesn't mind, but it's the eventual export that will be a problem.