Thanks for mentioning that, I know exactly how you feel!
I'm from New Zealand, and there are some sites that have New Zealand as a
selectable country in their drop-downs, but still require a state and zip-code.
What's worse is that some sites seem to check that the zip-code is appropriate
for the location you selected, and then you're really screwed - unless of course
you choose the only zip-code your know - Beverly Hills 90210 ;)
David Cummins
Systems Developer
Ubiquity Software Ltd.
Michael Kear wrote:
>
> Thanks for making this function Michael, but can I please pass this
> BEGGING PLEA .....
>
> <cf_soapbox>
> If you want people outside the USA to fill in this form, DON"T use this
> function!!!! Most countries use a different numbering system to the USA.
> They don't fit into this pattern. Some places don't even have area
> codes. And if they do have area codes, they aren't all 3 numbers.
>
> The dutch for example, use a 99 99 99 99 pattern. Here in Australia we
> use (99) 9999 9999 or 9999 999 999. Then this isn't much use without the
> country code. So the international format for an Australian number is
> 99-9-9999-9999.
>
> THerefore, if you use Michael's function, and someone from outside the USA
> fills in your form, you're going to have information that looks like it's
> valid, but isnt.
>
> The worst case of this I have found was a famous international software
> company I bought some software from a year or so ago. Their form required
> me to give them a zip code, a us-style phone number and -believe it or not
> - a social security number. I had to keep trying the form inventing
> numbers until it was happy with the numbers I'd made up. It didn't like
> our 4 digit postcodes, so I had to use a 5 digit one I saw on an ad in an
> American magazine. It didn't like my 8 digit phone number, so I gave it a
> number from another ad in the same magazine, and I had my brother's social
> security number, so I changed it and tinkered around with it until the
> form was happy with my fictional details.
>
> Just my plea for keeping the Internet International.
> </cf_soapbox>
>
> Cheers,
> Mike Kear
> AFP Web Development
> Windsor, NSW, Australia
> http://www.afp.zip.com.au
>
> On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Michael Dinowitz wrote:
>
> > OK, I need some community input here. For my article on custom functions,
> > I've written one for IsEmail and IsPhone. Can people send me a few others to
> > 'add in'. I'd like the article to have a few pre-built functions that can be
> > used right off the bat. The only limits are that they must be built using
> > functions in CF. No tags. For example, IsPhone uses this code:
> > REFindNoCase('([0-9]{3}[-_. /]?)?[0-9]{3}[-_. /]?[0-9]{4}', number)
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 12:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: Functions in Cold Fusion
> >
> >
> > > I'm currently writing an article for the next Fusion Authority (out in the
> > > next day) on how to write and use custom functions in CF. This is not
> > using
> > > modules or any CF tags but is actually using function calls. It's a bit of
> > a
> > > hack and can look ugly in places, but it works. The result is that I can
> > > have something like IsValidEmail(email) and it'll return a value that says
> > > yes or no.
> > >
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