Very timely thread, as we're revamping our site to allow for international
postal codes in the zip code field.

We plan to allow for different punctuation in zip codes, but does anyone
know if there are any countries with non-numeric postal codes, or that allow
alpha characters in their codes?  Is there an ISO standard or other
reference that explains the nuances we can expect?

Bryan
http://www.bryanminihan.com


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Hi Josh,

> What fields do you present? For example, ZIP Codes are only applicable in
> the US...so why present it to the rest of the world?

ZIP codes are applicable in almost all the countries in the world though
they use slighlty different names (Like Pin Code in India). But since
ZIP code has become a fairly standard field in address input forms most
people identify with it and enter their specific country based code.
One point to remember though is that the code length is different (US
I believe uses 5 digit number where as in India its 6 and I am sure other
countries will have a different size). So it will make sense to keep the
length open or limit to say 10 digits. 

Cheers
Pankaj

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