Yes, at least in the UK there is a quite well-defined format that includes both digits and numbers, e.g. SW1A 1AA.
Cheers, Alex On Jan 9, 2008 4:38 PM, Bryan Minihan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > -----Original Message----- > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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 > > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
