Using Names, ie ALPHA as Purchase Order Numbers

Posted by dave on August 28, 2007, 12:34 am

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I have been told that if i use any alpha based purchase order numbers may
cause RMS to crash. In order to track customer orders it would be easy to use
their name as the order number. Is this advisable?
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Posted by cod on August 28, 2007, 1:06 am

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dave wrote:

> I have been told that if i use any alpha based purchase order numbers may

> cause RMS to crash. In order to track customer orders it would be easy to use

> their name as the order number. Is this advisable?

I think you can use the alpha on PO number only in prefix.. the manager
found the next po number using the right chars of PO number.

cod

Posted by <donson> on August 28, 2007, 11:04 am

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Dave

I was not aware of any such restriction and so have been using a three digit
alpha suffix for 4-5 years now.

No problems that I am aware of. I do not use Headquarters.

Ken

>I have been told that if i use any alpha based purchase order numbers may

> cause RMS to crash. In order to track customer orders it would be easy to

> use

> their name as the order number. Is this advisable?

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> dave

Posted by Terrible Tom on August 28, 2007, 7:30 pm

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We use HQ and our PO #s look like this:

S1234AB

Where S = First Letter of Store Location
and
AB = Purchaser Initials

We have had problems with deliveries being shipped to the wrong destination
and now if a shipper calls with an unexpected delivery notification we can
ask for a PO# and readily identify the correct destination.

No problems in RMS so far as I know.

Tom
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"dave" wrote:

> I have been told that if i use any alpha based purchase order numbers may

> cause RMS to crash. In order to track customer orders it would be easy to use

> their name as the order number. Is this advisable?

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> dave