How should I type my data- ZIP codes and States/Regions

From: Beatlebum <Beatlebum_at_MailandNews.com>
Date: 2000/04/13
Message-ID: <39006301.200863187_at_news.supernews.com>#1/1

We are debating the relative merits of storing ZIP's and states as strings/numbers.

Is there a de facto approach? What are the relative merits? Received on Thu Apr 13 2000 - 00:00:00 CEST

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