[Year 12 IT Apps] Data type for postcode

[Natalie H]

Got excited with the typing there!! I really do know how to spell 'me'!

Natalie
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On 05/06/2013, at 10:10 AM, Natalie H <natinga71 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Don't forget all the special characters that are valid! Plus sign, parentheses, hyphens and that 1300 BITE MEE could be a phone number!
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> Natalie Heath (Parade College)
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 05/06/2013, at 9:37 AM, "Harper, Glenda J" <harper.glenda.j at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
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>> Goody! Now telephone numbers? Always text. Leading zero needs to be there, even if spaces are (wrongly) omitted.
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>> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Litsa Tzelepis
>> Sent: Wednesday, 5 June 2013 9:18 AM
>> To: 'Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Data type for postcode
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>> Hello.
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>> I still think – look at the data provided in the exam – and then decide the best option.
>> If it looks like this – 03 555 6789, it’s text, like this 035556789 it’s a number.
>> For a couple of marks, it shouldn’t be this complicated.
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>> Clearly there are stacks of ways this can go – let’s agree to come up with a common sense way of answering a question.
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>> Just my 20c worth, Litsa J
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>> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Margaret Lawson
>> Sent: Wednesday, 5 June 2013 1:49 AM
>> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Data type for postcode
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>> Perhaps we should have another mailing list for post codes, judging by the discussion.
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>> Given that this will impact on the marking of exams, perhaps we can suggest that more detail is included into the next study design so that there are not these discrepancies in interpretation of the study design.
>> 
>> :D
>> 
>> Margaret
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>> Roland Gesthuizen
>> 5 June 2013 12:18 AM
>> Fake post office codes? Crikey, now I'll be up all night wondering if the dead letter office has a postoffice code.
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>> http://www.pio.gov.au/making-a-complaint/common-complaint-themes/lost-mail.php
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>> Regards Roland
>> 
>> Roland Gesthuizen | eLearning Leader 
>> Keysborough College DEECD
>> http://about.me/rgesthuizen
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>> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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>> ken price
>> 4 June 2013 12:55 PM
>> I am reliably told that 1964, the U.S. Postal Service granted Smokey
>> Bear (the mascot for wildfire prevention) his own ZIP code: 20252. The
>> US president also has a personal zip code.
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>> Perhaps there are also fake postcodes used in movies, in the way that
>> US movie phone numbers usually begin with the fake prefix 555?
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>> Ken
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>> Mark
>> 4 June 2013 11:32 AM
>> OK. I'm seriously thinking of compiling this thread into a series of textbooks, starting with: "The Joy of Postal Codes, Volume 1: the Database Storage Issues."
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>> The complete international postal code smorgasbord can be found here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_postal_codes
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>> Mark
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