[Gllug] OT: Police Web Site

[Mark Brier]

On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 14:53:16 +0000
David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

> On Thursday, 3 Feb 2011, Alain Williams wrote:
> >On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 02:37:22PM +0000, David Damerell wrote:
> >>So you mean that when you enter a postcode correctly it works and
> >>when you enter it incorrectly it doesn't. How remarkable!
> >I would not regard entering a postcode in lower case as incorrect,
> 
> It still _is_ incorrect. Postcodes are always used in upper case; you
> would never consider writing one in lower case on an envelope.
> 
> Sure, it's nice if a Website corrects it for you, but I think it
> reveals a certain perversity to try it.

Disagree ... if the information means exactly the same whether
displayed in upper or lower case then it is case-insensitive and its
entry should be treated as such.

M

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