Re: field size
- Posted by gwalters at sc.rr.com
Jul 26, 2001
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Well Derick, it's beer time here in USA, SC (5:30pm). I'm about burned =
out at this point...Info is falling out my ears..
..george
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From: Derek Parnell=20
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Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: field size
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When I saw your screen layout, I could see the same old problems that =
people in the USA make. The common thing for programmers (regardless of =
where they come from) is to make assumptions about certain data that =
don't hold up when the data is moved to different locales.
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For example, in Australia, State codes are 3-characters long, and ZIP =
codes (called postcodes here) are 4-chars long, and telephone numbers =
are 8-chars long, dates are written as DAY/MONTH/YEAR sequence, etc.....
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It might do you some good to ponder if these sort of locale-influenced =
data items need special treatment.
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Of course, there's the 'character codeset' problem too, and the how =
much screen space needed for different languages?
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Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 3:31 AM
Subject: field size
...george
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Well Derick, it's beer time here in USA, SC =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>When I saw your screen layout, I =
could see=20
the same old problems that people in the USA make. The common thing =
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programmers (regardless of where they come from) is to make =
assumptions about=20
certain data that don't hold up when the data is moved to different=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>For example, in Australia, State =
codes are=20
3-characters long, and ZIP codes (called postcodes here) are 4-chars =
long, and=20
telephone numbers are 8-chars long, dates are written as =
DAY/MONTH/YEAR=20
sequence, etc.....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It might do you some good to ponder =
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of locale-influenced data items need special treatment.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Of course, there's the 'character =
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problem too, and the how much screen space needed for different=20
languages?</FONT></DIV>
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