DEFINE STATES AND PROVINCES#

States And Provinces are the geographical divisions of countries. The state and province definitions are used to complete address and taxation information.

This section explains the Define States and Provinces (IDSP) screen and its associated fields.

The state and province abbreviations are used as standards throughout the system.

The information in the State (U.S.A.) and Province (Canada) tables are initially supplied, however, you may update or alter this information to suit your company’s needs.

State and Province data is stored in the P2K_CM_STATE_PROVINCES table.

State/Prov

This field shows the state or province’s standard postal abbreviation.

State/Prov Name

This field provides the full name of the state or province

Country

The country code is a system assigned code that uniquely identifies a country.

Postal Start

This field provides the start of the zip or postal code range used for verification purposes.

Postal End

This field provides the end of the zip or postal code range used for verification purposes.

Area Code

This field will provide an area code which will default in when you are entering phone numbers for specific geographic areas in other screens (e.g. IDEN).