Re: Optimization of this SQL sentence

From: Shane Ambler <pgsql(at)007Marketing(dot)com>
To: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Optimization of this SQL sentence
Date: 2006-10-17 19:41:03
Message-ID: 453531CF.9060104@007Marketing.com
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Christopher Browne wrote:
> The world rejoiced as pgsql(at)007Marketing(dot)com (Shane Ambler) wrote:
>> Chris Browne wrote:
>>> In the case of a zip code? Sure. US zip codes are integer values
>>> either 5 or 9 characters long.
>> So your app will only work in the US?
>> And only for US companies that only have US clients?
>>
>>
>> Sorry had to dig at that ;-P
>
> Heh. I'm not in the US, so that's not the sort of mistake I'd be
> likely to make...
>
> The thing is, the only place where they call this sort of thing a "zip
> code" is the US. Elsewhere, it's called a postal code.

Same meaning/use different name (that's a locale issue for the client
displaying the data) they will all use the same column for that data.

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Shane Ambler
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