I'm entirely with you on this one, I was just telling how some CRM software does it. But what would you recommend? just a <textarea> with 'enter your address here:' or a couple of generic Address Line 1, Address Line 2, Postal/Zip code, Province/State, City, Country (this is what most websites do today I think, and most bad ones make State mandatory, so I must but gibberish in it in order for the form to submit.
Mingo. Mike Kear wrote: > My point was not to list out the various differences between one > country and another, but to point out that there are so many > differences that masking or using regex to force a specific format > when you know you are going to have customers from all around the > world is simply futile. There are too many differences to handle in a > practical manner. > > A few years ago, I was trying to buy software from Hewlett-Packard - > an international company if ever there was one. But the on-line form > required a US zipcode, only offered two-character state > abbreviations, and validated the state against the postcode, > required a phone number in the format (555) 555-5555, and believe it > or not even required a Social Security Number!! And the product was > not US-specific. It was international. > > I really needed the software, so i ended up phoning my brother in > Indianapolis, asking him for his social security number. I made up > one of my own based on his. I picked a zip code and address out of an > American magazine, and just for fun used a phone number with the area > code 555, since all phone numbers in movies have area code 555 for > some reason. > > Then i used the comments box to give them the real information, > downloaded the software and paid with my credit card. > > So their validation ended up getting them what? Useless made up > information, and the address in theri database would be to some > company I just plucked out of a magazine. > > If you're going to attract international business, you need to be a > lot more flexible in your address/phone form than if you are going to > tell customers outside your own country to bugger off. > > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > AFP Webworks > http://afpwebworks.com > ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month > > > > On 10/25/06, Paul Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> instead of relying on what is essentially hearsay, go here for your info: >> >> http://www.upu.int/ >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:257971 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
