But, if I replace them and they do not exist, then nothing gets replaced. Right? Is this a Zen thing?

Doh! Then my data dictionary will be off. Good point...

I guess I'll have to handle the sub-elements while populating the data tables.


>Don't do it! The sub-field might be optional, and if they omit it all your mapping will be broken.
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>Maybe I'm overreacting. They might not be optional.
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>>One sledgehammer solution I'm considering is to just replace all the "^" with "|" so that they are broken-up into separate properties (fields ultimately)