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Responses to Credit Card Transaction Requests
Contents of a Response to a Credit Card Transaction Request
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Contents of a Response to a Credit Card Transaction Request
All transaction responses include values for RESULT, PNREF, and RESPMSG. A value for
AUTHCODE is included for Voice Authorization transactions. Values for AVSADDR and
AVSZIP are included if you use address verification system (AVS). Table 8.1 describes the
values returned in a response string.
TABLE 8.1 Transaction response values
Field Description Type Length
PNREF Reference ID, a unique number that identifies the
transaction. PNREF is described in
“PNREF
Format” on page 67
.
Alpha-
numeric
12
RESULT The outcome of the attempted transaction. A result
of 0 (zero) indicates the transaction was approved.
Any other number indicates a decline or error.
RESULT codes are described in
“RESULT Codes
and RESPMSG Values” on page 68
.
Numeric Variable
CVV2MATCH Result of the card security code (CVV2) check. The
issuing bank may decline the transaction if there is a
mismatch. In other cases, the transaction may be
approved despite a mismatch.
Alpha
Y, N, X, or
no response
1
RESPMSG The response message returned with the transaction
result. Exact wording varies. Sometimes a colon
appears after the initial RESPMSG followed by
more detailed information. Response messages are
described in
“RESULT Codes and RESPMSG
Values” on page 68
.
Alpha-
numeric
Va ri ab le
PPREF Unique transaction ID of the payment.
If the TRXTYPE of the request is A, then you will
need the value of PPREF for use with Authorization
and Delayed Capture transactions.
string 17
AUTHCODE Returned for Sale, Authorization, and Voice
Authorization transactions. AUTHCODE is the
approval code obtained over the phone from the
processing network.
AUTHCODE is required when submitting a Force
(F) transaction.
Alpha-
numeric
6
AVSADDR AVS address responses are for advice only. This
process does not affect the outcome of the
authorization.
Alpha
Y, N, X, or
no response
1