Re: UK Postcodes

2006-01-25 Thread Michael Stearne
On 1/24/06, James Harvard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's the Royal Mail. Ordnance Survey, the government mapping agency for the > UK, are in on it too. > > To read their web site (as I have done a couple of years ago, and just now > too) you would think it had never occurred to them that peopl

Re: UK Postcodes

2006-01-24 Thread James Harvard
It's the Royal Mail. Ordnance Survey, the government mapping agency for the UK, are in on it too. To read their web site (as I have done a couple of years ago, and just now too) you would think it had never occurred to them that people might want to deploy the data as part of a web site. It's a

Re: UK Postcodes

2006-01-24 Thread Rhino
rated, possibly for a fairly affordable price. Any idea what would prevent the post office from doing that? Rhino - Original Message - From: "sheeri kritzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "MySQL List" Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3

Re: UK Postcodes

2006-01-24 Thread sheeri kritzer
and latitudes, and merge them together. We spent a lot of time finding that answer, and when we did, it wasn't cheap. Sorry for the bad news. -Sheeri Kritzer On 1/7/06, Mike Blezien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > we are working with a database that stores UK

Re: working w/UK postcodes

2006-01-09 Thread John Meyer
Mike Blezien wrote: Yes, after some further research, I found a Perl Modules that handles this queit nicely. thx's Please tell me where this module is, if you would. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL

Re: working w/UK postcodes

2006-01-09 Thread Mike Blezien
strict or just the city. Hope this helps, Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 January 2006 13:12 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: MySQL List Subject: Re: working w/UK postcodes I need to do a search query on the columns called Name of business

RE: working w/UK postcodes

2006-01-09 Thread Andy Eastham
OTECTED] > Sent: 09 January 2006 13:12 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: MySQL List > Subject: Re: working w/UK postcodes > > > I need to do a search query on the columns called > > > > Name of business "the name of the business" > > Town &qu

Re: working w/UK postcodes

2006-01-09 Thread Mike Blezien
Yes, after some further research, I found a Perl Modules that handles this queit nicely. thx's [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to do a search query on the columns called Name of business "the name of the business" Town "Local town or city name" Postcode" this is the same

Re: working w/UK postcodes

2006-01-09 Thread cnelson
> I need to do a search query on the columns called > > Name of business "the name of the business" > Town "Local town or city name" > Postcode" this is the same as your zip code" > Category"this is type of business ie dress shop bakers" > XY "this is the t

working w/UK postcodes

2006-01-07 Thread Mike Blezien
Hello, I need to do a search query on the columns called Name of business "the name of the business" Town "Local town or city name" Postcode" this is the same as your zip code" Category"this is type of business ie dress shop bakers" XY "this is the table

UK Postcodes

2006-01-07 Thread Mike Blezien
Hello, we are working with a database that stores UK postcodes, which are different then US zipcodes. I've found alot of information for working with zipcodes, locating closed distances within a zipcode range, but haven't found anything regarding working with UK type postcodes.

UK Postcodes

2006-01-07 Thread Mike Blezien
Hello, we are working with a database that stores UK postcodes, which are different then US zipcodes. I've found alot of information for working with zipcodes, locating closed distances within a zipcode range, but haven't found anything regarding working with UK type postcodes.

UK Postcodes

2006-01-07 Thread Mike Blezien
Hello, we are working with a database that stores UK postcodes, which are different then US zipcodes. I've found alot of information for working with zipcodes, locating closed distances within a zipcode range, but haven't found anything regarding working with UK type postcodes.

RE: Sorting UK Postcodes (WAS Sorting Results)

2002-12-12 Thread Alliax
it's not *that* important since the way it's ordered now is the same as many (if not all) file systems do. > If sorting by number is important, then split them on input and > store them > in two separate files. But I don't really know why you'd want to > sort

RE: Sorting UK Postcodes (WAS Sorting Results)

2002-12-12 Thread Alliax
Hi, yes, that would do, except that I don't know how many letters are in front of the numbers. And since they're not the same letters perhaps ORDER by 1,2 would have done it perfectly, if only we could substring() intelligently first. Cheers, Damien COLA > -Message d'origine- > SQL: > sel

RE: Sorting UK Postcodes (WAS Sorting Results)

2002-12-12 Thread Alliax
Thank you and Yes, separating the postcodes into field letters and numbers may be the only way to be able to order a sequence like that: CV1,CV2,..,CV10,.. It would also work since there could as many letters as needed Anyone has a simple query for odering sequences correctly ? Cheers, Damien COL

RE: Sorting UK Postcodes (WAS Sorting Results)

2002-12-12 Thread Mark Goodge
imple ORDER BY query > E1,E2,E3,E4,E5,... ? If sorting by number is important, then split them on input and store them in two separate files. But I don't really know why you'd want to sort them numerically anyway - UK postcodes aren't sequential in operation: E1 is not necessaril

RE: Sorting UK Postcodes (WAS Sorting Results)

2002-12-12 Thread Chris Stark
PM To: MySQL List Subject: RE: Sorting UK Postcodes (WAS Sorting Results) Sorry, I forgot to say that postcode can be one or 2 letters in front of the numbers. > -Message d'origine- > They can be E1,E2,..,E12,E13 > Order by name would do: > E1,E10,E11,E12,E13,E2,E3,E4,..

Re: Sorting UK Postcodes (WAS Sorting Results)

2002-12-12 Thread Doug Durham
/12/2002 +0100, Alliax wrote: Hi, What about if you want to sort UK Postcodes ? They can be E1,E2,..,E12,E13 Order by name would do: E1,E10,E11,E12,E13,E2,E3,E4,... how can I get with a simple ORDER BY query E1,E2,E3,E4,E5,... ? Cheers, Damien COLA

RE: Sorting UK Postcodes (WAS Sorting Results)

2002-12-12 Thread Alliax
Sorry, I forgot to say that postcode can be one or 2 letters in front of the numbers. > -Message d'origine- > They can be E1,E2,..,E12,E13 > Order by name would do: > E1,E10,E11,E12,E13,E2,E3,E4,... > how can I get with a simple ORDER BY query > E1,E2,E3,E4,E5,... ? -

Sorting UK Postcodes (WAS Sorting Results)

2002-12-12 Thread Alliax
Hi, What about if you want to sort UK Postcodes ? They can be E1,E2,..,E12,E13 Order by name would do: E1,E10,E11,E12,E13,E2,E3,E4,... how can I get with a simple ORDER BY query E1,E2,E3,E4,E5,... ? Cheers, Damien COLA - Before