[Year 12 SofDev] Data dictionary - data formats

[Robert Hind]

Thanks Mike!

Gets even more murky doesn't it?

Good old "microsloth speak" (Thanks again Mike).

You "should not" be able to start a number with a zero. So previous advice 
that postcodes should be treated as text still stands.

The fact that Microsoft allows numbers starting with zero should not make 
this an acceptable practice. B##### Microsoft.

Seriously, how often do you need to perform numerical calculations on a 
postcode?

Love to hear more on this

Robert Hind (Semi-retired) OOF, GOM - and I'm not really a gentleman :-)
 - Ashwood and Traralgon
robert at yinnar.com








----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Brookes" <mikebr at tpg.com.au>
To: "Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List" 
<sofdev at edulists.com.au>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Data dictionary - data formats


> Actually you can :-)
> The output just needs to be formatted as 4 digits (in microsloth speak
> use a custom format of 0000)
>
> Mike Brookes
> Semi retired gentleman from Copperfield College
>
> On 6/04/2011 2:14 PM, Andrew Shortell wrote:
>> Hi Gordon
>> Just by the way  - northern territory postcodes start with a zero .. Thus
>> cannot store postcode as number
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> Andrew Shortell
>>
>> mailto:shortell at get2me.net
>> Heidelberg Teaching Unit
>> Ph 9470 3403
>> Fax  9470 3215
>
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