Lockbox overflow sequence

Question

Hi All,
I'm getting the following error when i ran autolockbox.
OVERFLOW RECORDS FOR EACH RECEIPT MUST BEGIN WITH THE SAME SEQUENCE NUMBER.
Then i checked the data file which has more than 100 lines for record type 4 where as it should be 99 for this as per my control file.
INTO TABLE AR_PAYMENTS_INTERFACE
WHEN RECORD_TYPE = '4'
( RECORD_TYPE               POSITION(01:01) CHAR,
BATCH_NAME               POSITION(02:04) CHAR,
ITEM_NUMBER               POSITION(05:07) CHAR,
OVERFLOW_SEQUENCE          POSITION(09:10) CHAR,
OVERFLOW_INDICATOR          POSITION(11:11) CHAR,
INVOICE1               POSITION(12:31) CHAR,
INVOICE2               POSITION(32:51) CHAR,
INVOICE3               POSITION(52:71) CHAR,
INVOICE4               POSITION(72:91) CHAR,
CHECK_NUMBER                POSITION(92:98) CHAR )
To solve this issue i changed the overflow_sequence from two digits to three digits in my control file and in transmission formats setup.
And i changed the data file accordingly.
INTO TABLE AR_PAYMENTS_INTERFACE
WHEN RECORD_TYPE = '4'
( RECORD_TYPE               POSITION(01:01) CHAR,
BATCH_NAME               POSITION(02:04) CHAR,
ITEM_NUMBER               POSITION(05:07) CHAR,
OVERFLOW_SEQUENCE          POSITION(08:10) CHAR,
OVERFLOW_INDICATOR          POSITION(11:11) CHAR,
INVOICE1               POSITION(12:31) CHAR,
INVOICE2               POSITION(32:51) CHAR,
INVOICE3               POSITION(52:71) CHAR,
INVOICE4               POSITION(72:91) CHAR,
CHECK_NUMBER                POSITION(92:98) CHAR )
After doing all these still i'm getting the same error.
Please suggest me do i need to do anything more to increase the overflow_sequence to three digits from two digits.
Thanks in advance,
Edited by: user641008 on Mar 28, 2009 12:48 PM
Edited by: user641008 on Mar 28, 2009 12:49 PM

Answer 1

Hi Anil,
Thanks for the reply.
As per your suggestion i tested both the scenarios its working fine. I able to load both the batches into interface tables without any errors. The control file which i used for record '4' is
INTO TABLE AR_PAYMENTS_INTERFACE
WHEN RECORD_TYPE = '4'
( RECORD_TYPE     POSITION(01:01) CHAR,
BATCH_NAME     POSITION(02:04) CHAR,
ITEM_NUMBER     POSITION(05:07) CHAR,
OVERFLOW_SEQUENCE     POSITION(08:10) CHAR,
OVERFLOW_INDICATOR     POSITION(11:11) CHAR,
INVOICE1     POSITION(12:31) CHAR,
INVOICE2     POSITION(32:51) CHAR,
INVOICE3     POSITION(52:71) CHAR,
INVOICE4     POSITION(72:91) CHAR,
CHECK_NUMBER POSITION(92:98) CHAR )
One more question: is it mandatory to fill the position 8 with '6' all the time?
What is the significance of this?
INTO TABLE AR_PAYMENTS_INTERFACE
WHEN RECORD_TYPE = '4'
( RECORD_TYPE     POSITION(01:01) CHAR,
BATCH_NAME     POSITION(02:04) CHAR,
ITEM_NUMBER     POSITION(05:07) CHAR,
--               POSITION(08:08) CHAR,     -- Record Overflow     -- always 6
OVERFLOW_SEQUENCE     POSITION(09:10) CHAR,
OVERFLOW_INDICATOR     POSITION(11:11) CHAR,
INVOICE1     POSITION(12:31) CHAR,
INVOICE2     POSITION(32:51) CHAR,
INVOICE3     POSITION(52:71) CHAR,
INVOICE4     POSITION(72:91) CHAR,
CHECK_NUMBER POSITION(92:98) CHAR )
Please share your control file for record_type '4' .
Thanks,