# flat file schema test exception **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** EDI\ **Created:** [January 13, 2004, 8:27am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/flat-file-schema-test-exception/108102 "2004-01-13T08:27:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/guest/32/75_2.png) [@Guest](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 8:27am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/flat-file-schema-test-exception/108102/1 "2004-01-13T08:27:38Z")
I’m new to webMethods and just want to try a fixed length flat file. The file is simple: T12123 with schema: record parser: fixed length record length:6 (5 not work) record identifier: starts at position 0 document definition: Test record definition: T field definition: f1, mandatory, position 1-3 (starts from 0, not work either) field definition: f2, mandatory, position 3-6 The encode is UTF-8, and the file failed the test with com.wm.ui.UIException:com.wm.ff.parse.ParseException [FFP.0012.0004] Found no valid records Can anyone tell me why or where can I find some examples? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![jnvd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@jnvd](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/jnvd)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/flat-file-schema-test-exception/108102/2 "2004-10-27T03:31:00Z")
Record names in schema are case sensitive. How ever you given in schema the same name should be in your flat file input. Compare your schema record names and input flat file record names. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/flat-file-schema-test-exception/108102/3 "2021-04-02T15:05:04Z")