[IxDA Discuss] Capturing International Addresses

[Alexander Baxevanis]

Yes, at least in the UK there is a quite well-defined format that
includes both digits and numbers, e.g. SW1A 1AA.

Cheers,
Alex

On Jan 9, 2008 4:38 PM, Bryan Minihan <bjminihan at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Very timely thread, as we're revamping our site to allow for international
> postal codes in the zip code field.
>
> We plan to allow for different punctuation in zip codes, but does anyone
> know if there are any countries with non-numeric postal codes, or that allow
> alpha characters in their codes?  Is there an ISO standard or other
> reference that explains the nuances we can expect?
>
> Bryan
> http://www.bryanminihan.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> To: jevnin at gmail.com
>
> Hi Josh,
>
> > What fields do you present? For example, ZIP Codes are only applicable in
> > the US...so why present it to the rest of the world?
>
> ZIP codes are applicable in almost all the countries in the world though
> they use slighlty different names (Like Pin Code in India). But since
> ZIP code has become a fairly standard field in address input forms most
> people identify with it and enter their specific country based code.
> One point to remember though is that the code length is different (US
> I believe uses 5 digit number where as in India its 6 and I am sure other
> countries will have a different size). So it will make sense to keep the
> length open or limit to say 10 digits.
>
>
> Cheers
> Pankaj
>
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