Dear Brian,
 
> We've got to write an application which will do shipping to the US and other
> countries. The key piece of information we need is the format for storing
> the address information.
>
> For our US addresses we have this format:
>
> Attention line          x(30)
What do you want write here?
> Address lines         3 x(30)
> City                    x(24)
24 is probably enough except for some legendary villages in Wales.
> State                   x(02)
> Zip Code                x(09)
>
> We know that this will not work for shipments outside the US, so we want to
>
I recommend to add the following fields:
+ Country name            x(~20)
+ Country code            x(03)
+ Contitent               x(09) see  AUSTRALIA ANTARCTIS
 
Sincerely
        Frank
 
P.S. I won't have e-mail next week. Back on Feb 20. Call at home if
necessary.
************************Family      : NAGY
*NNN......NN..FFFFFFFFF*First name  : FERENC
*NNNN.....NN..FFFFFFFFF*Title       : Ph. D., Scientific Co-Worker
*NN.NN....NN..FF.......*Company     : Institute of Isotopes of
*NN..NN...NN..FF.......*              the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
*NN...NN..NN..FFFFFF...*E-mail      : [log in to unmask]
*NN...NN..NN..FFFFFF...*            : [log in to unmask]
*NN....NN.NN..FF.......*P.O.B. addr.: 1525 BUDAPEST Pf. 77., HUNGARY
*NN....NN.NN..FF.......*Street addr.: 1121 BUDAPEST Konkoly-Thege M. ut 29.
*NN.....NNNN..FF.......*Fax         : (36)-1-156-5045  or try (36)-1-169-5087
*NN......NNN..FF.......*Phone       : (36)-1-275-4351 <=== NEW!
*NN......NNN..FF.......*Home address: 1214 BUDAPEST Raketa u. 29. I. 3., HUNGARY
************************Home phone  : (36)-1-277-4229
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