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Jeff writes:

> Currently if CA sends a string to a binary database field we 
> check in record support for an explicit match with the name of 
> one of the states. If this fails shouldnt we also match for "0","1",
> ... matching a valid state so that it is easier to write (and
> use) ascii based tools?

That seems like a good idea ... has anyone considered permitting abbreviation
to significant length of supplied string too, possibly useful when using text
entry for such a field? ... or case-independence?

William

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