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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Masthan,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks for your response.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We have already spoken to the sender. They acknowledge this deviation from standard FIX44 protocol, but they cannot change their FIX spec.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hence we have to address this issue at our end.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sahil Neb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Quickfixn [mailto:quickfixn-bounces@lists.quickfixn.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rao, Masthan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 23 February 2017 13:21<br>
<b>To:</b> Mailing list for QuickFIX/n<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: {{Quickfixn}} Help. Error reading a group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">FIX44 specification says that the order of the fields in the repeating should be the same and that’s the reason why you are receiving this error. FIX50 doesn’t
have this limitation. Please check with the sender at least if he can send out a blank value for “CLOrdID” as first element when there is nothing to send.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Masthan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Quickfixn [<a href="mailto:quickfixn-bounces@lists.quickfixn.com">mailto:quickfixn-bounces@lists.quickfixn.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sahil Neb<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 23, 2017 8:11 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:quickfixn@lists.quickfixn.com">quickfixn@lists.quickfixn.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> {{Quickfixn}} Help. Error reading a group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We use QuickFIXn with FIX44 and have a problem in reading a group with a non-required field as the first element.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We get the error message:-<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red">Group 897's first entry does not start with delimiter 11</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the data dictionary the group is specified as :-<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white"><</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white">group</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:red;background:white;mso-highlight:white">name</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">=</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">NoTrades</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:red;background:white;mso-highlight:white">required</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">=</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Y</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white"> <</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white">field</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:red;background:white;mso-highlight:white">name</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">=</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">ClOrdID</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:red;background:white;mso-highlight:white">required</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">=</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">N</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
/></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white"> <</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white">field</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:red;background:white;mso-highlight:white">name</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">=</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">OrigClOrdID</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:red;background:white;mso-highlight:white">required</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">=</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">N</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
/></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white"> <</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white">field</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:red;background:white;mso-highlight:white">name</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">=</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">OrderID</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:red;background:white;mso-highlight:white">required</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">=</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Y</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
/></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In some messages, we receive <span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">ClOrdID</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span> as the first element of the
group which we read without error,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and in other cases we get <span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">OrigClOrdID</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span> as first element which
fails.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We have discussed with the sender and they can’t change their specifications.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is there any way we can address this issue?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Perhaps by not relying on the <span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:red;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
required</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">=</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">N</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span>
elements as the delimiter of the group?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any pointers or suggestions will be very helpful.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sahil Neb<o:p></o:p></p>
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