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(** Note transaction set 810 and segment PID are being used only as an example, 
this logic can be used in any combination of outbound transaction set and 
segment as long as the outbound information is in character format)

I am generating an 810 transaction set and in my PID position 05  I've mapped 
the invoice-line.description[1] and position 06 has nothing mapped, yet when I 
look at my output file there is information in position 06. So where is this 
information coming from?

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Let's just say that your segment delimiter is an "*". Look at your invoice-
line.description[1] in your database, you will find an "*" in the description, 
which is part of the description, but is causing a problem in your EDI.

Solution:

On your outbound formula use the Progress REPLACE command which has the 
following syntax:

      REPLACE(source-string,from-string,to-string)

Let's just say the "*" appears in the invoice-line.description[1] field and you 
want to replace it with a blank then you would enter the following in your 
outbound formula:

      REPLACE(invoice-line.description[1],"*"," ")