Re: Availability of Zipcode listing to upload to Informix DBS

Jim Burks <jburks@promus.com> writes: > (Harold Trammel) >writes: >>Does anyone on this group know where I can obtain a comprehensive >>zipcode listing that can be uploaded into an Informix database? >>Commercial is ok. Awhile back I got several adds about such listings >>but did not need them at that time. Now.... Some of the ones I have >>seen are PC based with their own front-ends. I need to incorporate >>zipcode lookup into our application. >The Post Office will supply them on magnetic tape (9-track and 3480 >last time I checked). >The place to get them from is the National Address Information Center, >in Memphis and San Diego. They have an 800 number, but I don't know what >it is. Their Memphis number is 901-683-6771 Also don't expect ALL of the zip codes to be correct. An easy, tho frustrating way to tell when the post office database is wrong is when you order something via the phone with someone that is using said database. You also get to see how flexable their data entry system is ( or isn't ). bob maccione, bmaccion@promus.com