http://www.canadapost.ca/business/offerings/address_management/can/other_data-e.asp
where it provides more information. I think that Radio Shack is using this in their Point of Sale devices in their stores.
Canadian Postal codes are 6 characters that are letter-number-letter space number-letter-number. The first three characters are the Forward Sorting Address which designates the general area of the address. The first character designates the Province or Territory and the second and third designate the location within a town or city. Ontario is the largest Province and has postal codes starting with either K, L, M, N, or P. Most Provinces have only one letter.
So far I've only written routines that check to see that the data entered only contains letters and numbers, and that the length of the data is 6 characters. I use the <@KEEP> tag to strip out spaces and dashes that some people might enter. I suppose that it wouldn't be that difficult to add a routine to check for valid FSA's based on the user's selection for Province.
Hope this helps,
Steve Smith
Oakbridge Information Solutions
Office: (519) 624-4388
GTA: (416) 606-3885
Fax: (519) 624-3353
Cell: (416) 606-3885
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Web: http://www.oakbridge.ca
On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 03:11 PM, Fogelson, Steve wrote:
Hi,
Looking for some simple US or Canada zip code validation. Either a snippet
of code or a TCF.
Could include any or all of the following:
1) Valid US 5 or 9 digit zip code
2) Valid Canada 6 digit code
3) Valid zip code for the selected state
Also is anyone doing anything with address validation by using one of the
services available in the US?
Thanks
Steve Fogelson
Internet Commerce Solutions
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