Re: Availability of Zipcode listing to upload to Informix DBS

Sorry lost harryy's original message - thus address. } } In article <1994Feb1.192450.26017@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> whitaker@lonestar.utsa.edu (Kevin T. Whitaker) writes: } >In article <zorbaCKK35A.2JJ@netcom.com>, Harry Skelton wrote: } >> You have only to look towards your local post office. } > When I do, all I get are vacant, vaguely hostile stares. :-( } > I would be interested in acquiring the same kind of data - don't need } >9 digit but that would be nice. I'd like to be able to validate at least } >the city, state, zip combination on data entry. } > } > I would also be interested in acquiring a data base that would allow } >me to cross a city name field from an address to the county (or county-code) } >in which it is located. } } Somewhere inn the SIMTEL archives (now available at places like } oak.oakland.edu) there was a datafile of zipcodes, cities and states. } (Note that at one time, at least, there was a stand-alone PC binary program } at Simtel that did this as well). } Try ftp.uu.net:/systems/ibmpc/msdos/dbase/zipcodes.zip. or maybe ftp.uu.net:/systems/ibmpc/msdos/simtel20/msdos/dbase/zipcodes.zip. cheers j. _____________________________________________________________________________ Jack Parker | Hewlett Packard, BSMC Boise, Idaho, USA| So many windows, jparker@hpbs2561.boi.hp.com | so little time. (208) 396-5388 (W) (208) 384-1623 (H) | _____________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. _____________________________________________________________________________