Dear List:

I have an interesting problem....

I have two tables, postal_code, and postal_zone, since I am in
Canada a postal code looks like this: X1X 1X1

The postal_zone contains a key, that is part of a postal code, it
might be X1X 1X1, X1X 1X, X1X 1, X1X, X1 or X

say I have the following zones:
1 X1X 1X1
2 X1X 1X
3 X1X 1
4 X1X
5 X1
6 X

I have the following postal codes

X1X 1X1 must match 1 but not 2,3,4,5 or 6
X1X 2E4 must match 4 but not 1,2,3,5 or 6
X3F 2Z7 must match 6 but not 1,2,3,4 or 5

I am at a loss on how to do this, I can't use another key, because
a new zone could be added at any time, and I don't want to have to
scan the Postal code file and relink it. I will if I have to, but would
rather not.

Paul

Paul Schmidt
Tricat Technologies
paul@...
www.tricattechnologies.com