| Registered: December 3, 2008 |  Posts: 186 |
| | Posted: | | | | Hello all,
As usual, I did a search but was not able to locate a solution...
I have been contributing for sometimes now and I finally got a bar-code scanner... (meh, it was cheap so..).
Thing is a UPC has 12digits but some of the packaging as extra digit (usually 2). Is there a specific name for that extra 2 digits so I can try to lock the scanner to get only the first portion?
Example, for those who has that BR:
UPC: 0 24543 71849 9 50
In the example above, teh first 12 characters represent the BR movie, Machete... when I scan it.. I will get the last two useless digits; 50.
Would someone else encountered this difficulties before.. and if so, were you able to solve it?
Warm regards,
E | | | | E |
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| Registered: June 3, 2007 |  Posts: 706 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well in the past the deal was you delete those 2 numbers.
There has been a long on going ( some time ago ) about if the UPC is 14 vs 12 and that is how it scans that is how it should be in the system.
I would make the assumption that a new movie using only the 12 means that the old rule stand in that you only submit the 12 number UPC.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,217 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Lostmule: Quote:
In the example above, teh first 12 characters represent the BR movie, Machete... when I scan it.. I will get the last two useless digits; 50. 024543718499 is already in the database so I had a quick look at the back-cover. The "50" is set apart from the UPC so I would simply try to start scanning in that space and swipe left. cya, Mithi | | | | Mithi's little XSLT tinkering - the power of XML --- DVD-Profiler Mini-Wiki | | | | Last edited: by Mithi |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,630 |
| | Posted: | | | | Those are a UPC-A with a 2-digit supplement (termed an "Issue Code" by the GS1). The extra two digits are usually used with books, peridocials, and newspapers to identify the issue number. |
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| Registered: December 3, 2008 | | Posts: 186 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks guys  .. I will go through the text file and delete those 2 extra digits never an easy way it seems haha ! Thanks again!! Eric | | | | E |
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