ALK Technologies AS/400 manual Resp-Mvs, Resp-Fill, Resp-Versions, Req-Cit

PC*MILERAS/400 MVS User’s Guide 35

RESP-MVS	3	Pos 29-31) PC*MILER Version
RESP-FILL	7	Pos 32-38) Not Used
RESP-VERSIONS	228	Array of space delimited, left justified, 3 character
		Versions.IE:140<space>150<space>161

7.2.2 Stop Validation (VA) Request and Response

The following are field parameters for stop and (for PC*MILERStreets users) street address validation. A stop can be a city/state pair separated by a comma, a ZIP code, a latitude/longitude point or (with optional add- on modules) a Canadian Postal code or SPLC (Standard Position Location Codes). PC*MILERStreets users may include street addresses.

Validation requests are important because error reporting in mileage requests is limited to the first two stops of a trip. If your bad stop is lower in the list of stops, you will not be told which is the nonvalid stop, you will get a generic “Can’t Run Trip” message. The VA request type can be used to produce lists of potential matches to partial spellings or ZIP codes.

Validation Request:

Var Name	Len	Value	Description	Extended Format
REQ-TYPE	2	VA	Validate Stop or Address
REQ-REF	10		Output Queue Name
Filler-8	8		(ALK uses “Q” plus job number)
Force Pick List	1		P=Force Pick List or Blank (Position 20)
Filler-7	7
NewÆ MVS Parms	10 (positions 29-31)		3 bytes PC*MILER Version
			7 bytes not used
REQ-CIT	70		70 bytes each left justified
			38 byte maximum city name
			1 byte comma (optional)
			2 byte state abbrev
			1 byte comma (optional)
			13 byte county name (optional)
			or for Streets
			1 byte semicolon ; followed by street address
			Examples
			Warminster,PA,BUCKS
			Warminster,PA;1174 NASSAU ROAD
			18974
			Lat/long format should be 1234567N,1234567W
			5 digit zips only
			Canadian Postal Codes use the format L#L<space>
			#L# (add-on data module)
			For Standard Position Location Codes SPLC plus
			the number	(add-on data module)
Filler-CIT	630		blank