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Personator API Known Issues


Initialization:

If anyPersInit…( ) function returns ‘0’, the program crashes instead of falling through to PersLastError error checking

Status:
Will be fixed in the next build.

Name Splitting

Some dual name patterns do not get split correctly
Ex. ‘Mr. Lastname & Mrs. Lastname’
‘John and Mary’
Some dual names with embedded punctuation will not split correctly.
Ex. Karl M. Hanson M.D. & Laurie L. Gold

Street Split

Regional address patterns, where key words have different meanings than are currently coded as in the lookup table, may not split correctly.
Ex. “5765 E LOOP 281 S”

Status:
Being Investigated.

Error Code Type

PersSplitStreet and BPersSalutate returns an error code type WORD ( 16 bits ), but is documented as returning ERS_PATTERN = 0x40000 ( the high order WORD of 32 bits ) when the street address input is not recognizable.

Status:
Return values will be 32 bits in next version.

City/State/Zip Split

Records with embedded spaces separating zip5 – zip4 will not get zip code parsed correctly.
Ex. “02066-1337” splits correctly
“02066 – 1337” does not

Status:
Will be fixed in the next build.