The table given below lists the Postal Matcher attributes for the United Kingdom.
Attribute Name |
Length |
Description |
---|---|---|
gb_gin_building |
30 |
Building or house name. |
gb_gin_county_posttown_code |
10 |
County or post town code. |
gb_gin_dpnd_locality_code |
5 |
Double-dependent locality code. |
gb_gin_dpnd_thorough_desc |
15 |
Dependent thoroughfare description (type). |
gb_gin_dpnd_thorough_name |
30 |
Dependent thoroughfare name, direction. |
gb_gin_house_number |
10 |
House number. |
gb_gin_locality_code |
5 |
Locality code. |
gb_gin_organization_name |
30 |
Organization name. |
gb_gin_pobox |
6 |
PO Box number. |
gb_gin_postal_code |
8 |
Postal code. |
gb_gin_record_type |
1 |
Pre-defined record type. 1 - Street Record 3 - PO Box Record 4 - Error Record. Record does not conform to any of the other types. 5 - House Record 6 - Building/Postal Record |
gb_gin_sub_building |
30 |
Type and value: for example, Flat or Flat #. |
gb_gin_sub_building_value |
10 |
Value only (1). |
gb_gin_thorough_desc |
15 |
Descriptor (type). |
gb_gin_thorough_name |
30 |
Thoroughfare name, direction. |
gb_gout_building |
50 |
Building or house name. |
gb_gout_building_changed |
1 |
This flag is set to Y if the match level code is 0, 4, or 5, and the building name changed from the original input. |
gb_gout_completion_code |
1 |
Return code.
|
gb_gout_county_code |
5 |
County code. |
gb_gout_county_name |
30 |
County name. Note: Royal Mail no longer includes county name in the GAV table it
provides. County names that are available pre-date 1996.
|
gb_gout_delivery_address |
100 |
Stores the first line of delivery address. It is built using the following attributes: gb_gout_house_number + gb_gout_thorough_name + gb_gout_thorough_desc OR gb_gout_thorough_name + gb_gout_pobox (or gb_gout_house_number if gb_gout_pobox is empty) |
gb_gout_delivery_address_2 |
100 |
Stores the second line of delivery address. It is built using the following attributes: gb_gout_sub_building + gb_gout_sub_building_value + gb_gout_building |
gb_gout_delivery_point |
2 |
Delivery point suffix. |
gb_gout_department |
60 |
Stores the department name. Note: To display the department names, the Use Postal
Extensions option must be checked to use the postal extension
table (GBEXDATA.tbl). The postal extension table is included in the
GB GAV tables delivered in September 2014 or later.
Note: This is a new attribute for v15 Update 1. If you import or migrate
your old or legacy projects after installing v15 Update 1, the new
attribute will be automatically applied upon import or migration. If
you import or migrate your old or legacy projects in v15 and then
install v15 Update1, the new attribute will be applied when you run
the GB Postal Matcher process.
|
gb_gout_dpnd_locality_code |
5 |
Double-dependent locality code. |
gb_gout_dpnd_locality_name |
30 |
Double-dependent locality name. |
gb_gout_dpnd_thorough_desc |
15 |
Descriptor (type). |
gb_gout_dpnd_thorough_name |
30 |
Dependent thoroughfare name. |
gb_gout_dps_checksum |
1 |
Delivery point checksum value. |
gb_gout_house_number |
10 |
House number. |
gb_gout_locality_changed |
1 |
This flag is set to Y if the match level code is 0, 4, or 5, and if any of the following occurs:
|
gb_gout_locality_code |
5 |
Locality code. |
gb_gout_locality_name |
30 |
Locality name. |
gb_gout_match_level |
1 |
Numeric code to identify the level at which the address matched, or failed to match, the GAV tables. Values are: 0=exact match to table 1=city/province failure 2=street name failure 3=house number range failure 4=street component failure 5=multiple possible matches to table |
gb_gout_organization_changed |
1 |
This flag is set to Y if the match level code is 0, 4, or 5 and the organization changed from the original input. |
gb_gout_organization_key |
8 |
Organization key provided by the PAF file. |
gb_gout_organization_name |
60 |
Organization name. Note: The length of gb_gout_organization_name is extended from 30 to 60
in v15 Update 1. To display the extended version of organization
names, the Use Postal Extensions option must be checked to
use the postal extension table (GBEXDATA.tbl). The postal extension
table is included in the GB GAV tables delivered in September 2014
or later.
Note: If you import or migrate your old or legacy projects after
installing v15 Update 1, the new attribute length will be
automatically applied upon import or migration. If you import or
migrate your old or legacy projects in v15 and then install v15
Update1, the new attribute length will be applied when you run the
GB Postal Matcher process.
|
gb_gout_paf_key |
8 |
Key provided from the PAF file. |
gb_gout_pobox |
6 |
PO box number. |
gb_gout_postal_code |
7 |
Postal code. |
gb_gout_postal_code_in |
3 |
Postal code inbound. |
gb_gout_postal_code_out |
4 |
Postal code outbound. |
gb_gout_postcode_changed |
1 |
This flag is set to Y if the match level code is 0, 4, or 5 and the postcode changed from the original input. |
gb_gout_postcode_type |
1 |
Postcode type. Values are: L—Large user S—Small user or street |
gb_gout_posttown_code |
5 |
Post town code. |
gb_gout_posttown_name |
30 |
Post town name. |
gb_gout_street_name_changed |
1 |
This flag is set to Y if the match level code is 0, 4, or 5 and the street name changed from the original input. |
gb_gout_street_type_changed |
1 |
This flag is set to Y if the match level code is 0, 4, or 5 and the street type changed from the original input. |
gb_gout_sub_building |
30 |
Sub-building name. For example, Flat or Flat #. |
gb_gout_sub_building_changed |
1 |
This flag is set to Y if the match level code is 0, 4, or 5 and the sub-building name changed from the original input. |
gb_gout_sub_building_value |
10 |
Sub-building value only. |
gb_gout_thorough_desc |
15 |
Descriptor (type). |
gb_gout_thorough_name |
30 |
Thoroughfare name. |
gb_gout_udprn |
8 |
Stores a UDPRN (Unique Delivery Point Reference Number), an 8-character numeric code to identify the PAF addresses. Note: This is a new attribute for v15 Update 1. If you import or
migrate your old or legacy projects after installing v15 Update 1,
the new attribute will be automatically applied upon import or
migration. If you import or migrate your old or legacy projects in
v15 and then install v15 Update1, the new attribute will be applied
when you run the GB Postal Matcher process.
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