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John Baltutis <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:10:26 -0700
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On 3/20/09, "Stockly, Ed" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> That means that this project is doomed to failure in those 42 cases - unless
> Ed is prepared to check for every locality in those 42 zip codes -
>
> I could use the first 4 digits.
>
> Obviously the java script I got of the internet was fatally flawed, but I
> could use the same logic to cover all exceptions with with a slightly larger
> list that shouldn't take much longer to run.
>
> I just hope the file I'm using is more accurate that the Javascript site's
> source code.

Alternatively, you could query <http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown_zip.jsp> and
parse the answer for the state.

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