Andy Lacey
andy at minstersystems.co.uk
Sun Mar 20 05:50:32 CST 2005
Doh! I did. Thanks Chris. -- Andy Lacey http://www.minstersystems.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of > Chris Foote (Spike) > Sent: 20 March 2005 10:57 > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Geography revisited > > > > Good day Arthur, > > Just to follow on from what Andy has written about the postal > address formatting in the UK. > > I think Andy meant to write "The street number _precedes" the > street name". > > Some addresses may have a house name instead of, or as well > as, a street number. > > ie "Bramwell" > 1 Portmore Park Road > > > Major cities often have their own "county" name which is the > same as the city name ie London, Manchester,..... > > Best regards! > > Chris Foote > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Andy Lacey > Sent: 20 March 2005 10:17 > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Geography revisited > > > Arthur, England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland have counties as > their main geographic unit. The street number follows the > street name. Also the postcode (your zip) comes at the end of > the address (but before country if sending from abroad), > which is not true elsewhere, hence > > Mr Bloggs > 1 High St > Little Place > Mytown > Unpronounceableshire > UT6 7YOY > > > As for Singapore, were you perhaps thinking of Hong Kong? > > -- Andy Lacey > http://www.minstersystems.co.uk > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >