Postal code character limits?

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Postal code character limits?

Post by gio50000 » Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:39 am

While creating zones I notice that the postal code field has a character limit of 255 characters. Many of my county zip codes exceed that amount of characters. Has anyone else had that problem?
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Re: Postal code character limits?

Post by mike92117 » Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:32 pm

postal codes that exceed 255 characters? What planet is this on? Seriously how do you end up with a postal code > 255 chars?

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Re: Postal code character limits?

Post by gio50000 » Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:54 pm

I should have been more specific. Some of our county's have so many zip codes they exceed the 255 character limit for zones.
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Re: Postal code character limits?

Post by mike92117 » Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:19 pm

Have you tried using the wildcard feature to reduce the number of entries?

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Re: Postal code character limits?

Post by gio50000 » Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:50 am

I'm familiar with it but it doesn't apply in my case.
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Re: Postal code character limits?

Post by mike92117 » Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:14 pm

maybe try changing the field definition, i.e., increase 2x or 3x? Don't know if it will work or not but might be worth a try.

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