MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Sun Apr 25 02:27:16 CDT 2004
Starting point for International Addressing http://www.upu.int/post_code/en/looking_information.html http://www.upu.int/post_code/en/international_addressing.shtml International Software 10 CD-ROMS http://www.addressdoctor.com/en/FrameFile.asp?2-3+products/developers.htm USPS online webService zip code lookup http://www.usps.com/webtools/htm/Address-Information.htm 'canada("H0H 0H0") 'Santa Claus' zipcode or H0H-0H0 'British Postal code similar but extra digit Function canada(txt) As Boolean 'verify Canada Postal Code also a couple of letters not used, first letter is Province V=BC Dim i As Integer Dim compare As Variant For i = 1 To Len(txt) - 6 compare = Mid(txt, i, 7) MsgBox compare If compare Like "*[a-z]#[a-z] #[a-z]#*" Then canada = True Else canada = False End If Next End Function Foriegn phone numbers generally are 1-3 digit country code then 1-4 digit city code (in US area code) then 4-6 digit number The US Canada country code just happens to be 1 extra prefix digits are added in each country to get an international line or extra city line Hollis,Virginia wrote: >Does anyone have the Zip Codes with the + 4? I have a table with 54,000 zip >codes - but the user wants the +4. > >Also, I know there has been a lot of messages over the years about foreign >(other countries besides US) phone numbers. This is the first time I have >had to use foreign numbers. How are they formatted? > >Oh, which makes me think - are foreign zip codes different too? Does anyone >have a table with foreign zip codes too? > >Virginia > > -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. Canada