Re: postal code validation (non-US)

In <3kpvsq$mh5@fw.novatel.ca> asisson@novatel.ca (Alan Sisson) writes: > >In article <charlie_sadler-2103951602540001@144.212.5.42>, > charlie_sadler@mathworks.com (Charlie Sadler) wrote: >>Greetings All: >>We have bought a great US city/state/zip-code/area-code validation file. >>Unfortunately, the vendor does not supply similar data for non-US >>countries. We are especially interested in this type of validation >>file for Canada and Mexico. Please respond by email to >>charlie_sadler@mathworks.com. I will post a summary. >>Thanks. > >I would also be interested. If you can provide any information on the one you used for the US that would be great. > >Regards. > >Alan Sisson >asisson@novatel.ca > >Disclaimer: The views expressed here are my own and not > those of my employer. > You can also get a pretty good zip-code validation program (that omits the area code) but has more city names per zip code) from the US Post Office. And the price is right! The Post Office version comes on a CD-ROM. Another good vendor (but you pay more) is Melissa, which is probably the most widely used. They have several versions, one of which also includes geographic coordinates for each post office. Bob Byers