Address table structure

Is the table structure to store addresses somewhat standardized?
Address1
Address2
City
State
ZipCode
Country
I ask because I am working with international addresses for the first time
and I don't know what to expect in terms of what my users will want to enter
.Not really, it varies from database to database. The best thing you can do
is make it somewhat generic and not make any assumptions about any country.
State is specific to US, in Canada they have provinces, other contries have
regions, districts, you name it. I think this structure might be more
generic and applicable to many countries:
Address1
Address2
Address3
City
PostalCode
Region
Country
Of course, address formatting varies from country to country.
Roman
Roman Rehak
http://sqlblog.com/blogs/roman_rehak
"Curtis" <Curtis@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is the table structure to store addresses somewhat standardized?
> Address1
> Address2
> City
> State
> ZipCode
> Country
> I ask because I am working with international addresses for the first time
> and I don't know what to expect in terms of what my users will want to
> enter.|||What are some best practices for data types? Is it best practice to store a
list of countries and states in a separate table and reference the id in the
main address table?
"Roman Rehak" wrote:

> Not really, it varies from database to database. The best thing you can do
> is make it somewhat generic and not make any assumptions about any country
.
> State is specific to US, in Canada they have provinces, other contries hav
e
> regions, districts, you name it. I think this structure might be more
> generic and applicable to many countries:
> Address1
> Address2
> Address3
> City
> PostalCode
> Region
> Country
> Of course, address formatting varies from country to country.
> Roman
> --
> Roman Rehak
> http://sqlblog.com/blogs/roman_rehak
>
> "Curtis" <Curtis@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:91008C72-8ADB-475D-A64D-7714F5A41124@.microsoft.com...
>
>|||Hi
> What are some best practices for data types? Is it best practice to store
> a
> list of countries and states in a separate table and reference the id in
> the
> main address table?
Sure
"Curtis" <Curtis@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> What are some best practices for data types? Is it best practice to store
> a
> list of countries and states in a separate table and reference the id in
> the
> main address table?
> "Roman Rehak" wrote:
>