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FIX: Invalid value for the AK301 segment when you receive an EDI message that has a bad segment identifier in BizTalk Server

Article ID: 2662536 - View products that this article applies to.

SYMPTOMS

Consider the following scenario:

You use Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) receive pipeline to receive EDI messages in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009 or in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010.
There is an EDI message that misses a segment identifier or has a bad segment identifier. For example, the segment ID has an additional line feed (0x0a).

In this scenario, an X12 997 acknowledgement (ACK) message is generated and suspended. Specifically, the X12 997 ACK message contains an invalid value for the AK301 segment.

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CAUSE

This issue occurs because of an error in the EDI receive pipeline.

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The hotfix that resolves this issue is included in cumulative update package 6 for BizTalk Server 2009.

For more information about how to obtain the cumulative update package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2689457

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2689457 / )

Cumulative update package 6 for BizTalk Server 2009

For BizTalk Server 2010

The hotfix that resolves this issue is included in cumulative update package 4 for BizTalk Server 2010.

For more information about how to obtain the cumulative update package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2667310

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2667310/ )

Cumulative update package 4 for BizTalk Server 2010

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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REFERENCES

For more information about the X12 997 ACK message, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) website:

General information about the X12 997 ACK message

(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb226316.aspx)

For information about the service packs and cumulative update list for BizTalk Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2555976

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2555976/ )

Service pack and cumulative update list for BizTalk Server

For more information about BizTalk Server hotfixes, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2003907

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2003907 / )

Information about BizTalk Server hotfixes

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