On 9-Jun-2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mueller, David) wrote: > Florida has a better system for driver's license numbers.. The first part > is the first letter of your last name followed by 3 digits based on the > consonant patter of the rest of your last name. The next 3 digits are based > on the consonant pattern of your first name. The next 2 digits are the > birth year. The final 4 digits are a tie-breaker, with 1/2 the range > indicating male and the other 1/2 the range indicating female. This allows > some cross-verification and may make forgery detection somewhat easier.
Do people have to get a new number when they get a new last name? One reason we normalize databases without "smart keys", is that *any* datum about a person can change over time. I did some work with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation computer system. Police databases have to be prepared to have people with a bunch of names and a bunch of social security numbers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
