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Message Delimiters
Sabre Data Source (SDS) messages have four possible delimiters: element delimiter,
segment delimiter, end of repeat data delimiter, and end of message delimiter.
The following table shows the Sabre Data Source message delimiters
| Delimiter Name |
EBCDIC Hex |
EBCDIC Character |
ASCII Hex |
ASCII Character |
Sabre HEX |
| Element Delimiter |
0x50 |
& |
0x86 |
‡ |
2F |
| Segment Delimiter |
0x5D50 |
)& |
0x89 |
‰ |
2E2F |
| End of Repeat Data |
0x5D61 |
)/ |
0x88 |
ˆ |
2E11 |
| End of Message |
0x5D505D50 |
)&)& |
0x8989 |
‰‰ |
2E2F2E2F |
| Description of Delimiters |
| ‡ |
Element Delimiter |
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ASCII-x'86', ALC-x'2F'. Delimits data elements
and signals the end of one field and the start of another. Also separates MSG ID and
version, as well as segment name, and the first element of that segment. |
| ‰ |
Segment Delimiter |
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ASCII-x'89', ALC-x'2E2F'. Signals the start of
a message segment and indicates that the start of segment and segment name follows. |
| ˆ |
End of Repeat Data Delimiter |
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ASCII-x'88', ALC-x'2E11'. Signals the end of a
repeating sequence of data element values and delimits a repeating element. |
| ‰‰ |
End of Sabre Data Source Message This is a
double-segment delimiter. |
NOTE The equivalent ASCII
of the ALC characters may vary on each Gateway translate table implementation.
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