Denys Beauchemin ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: The format differs with so many countries having their own postal systems
: :-).  For imstance, in Canada the postal code should be on the last line, in
: capital letters.  Yet, most people slap it within the address block.  In
: Germany, the postal code goes in before the city!.
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
- So does it in Scandinavian countries (at least in Finland for sure - I
  would expect the same to be true for Sweden, Norway and Denmark).  Also,
  if my memory servers me right, my zip code in France used to be
  "38000 Grenoble" i.e. zip before city.  Same applies to addresses
  I've seen for Italy.  I'd be tempted to say that only in the US the
  postal code goes in after the state.
 
: If it where me, I would make the address block 10x30 and go from there.
:  However, you probably want to be able to do processing on the ZIP code and
: so it would be useful to have it as a seperate field.  Just remember that the
: US is one of the few countries which uses an all-numeric zip code.  Most
                                                                      ^^^^
: other countries use combinations of letters and digits.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
- Maybe not quite like that.  France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Norway,
  Finland and Denmark (at least) I have addresses for and zip codes are all
  numeric.  The only country I know of using non-numeric (or a combination
  of numeric and alpha) zip codes is the UK, where address format is
  long and difficult to comprehend... along the lines of below three(3)
  samples from my address book:
 
  name..........        name.......            name............
  ### streetname        #### street            #### street
  city/area             area name...           area name...
  AA## #AA              AA## #AA               city
  country...            city                   AA## #AA
                        country...             country..
 
   where "A" represents an alphabetic character in zip code and '#' a
   numeric digit.
 
Maybe someone from UK can clarify the postal address format for UK,
at least I find it difficult compared to most other countries I've
dealt with.
 
:-) Eero - HP CSY labs.