This table lists the attributes for the United Kingdom Postal Matcher.
Attribute |
Length |
Description |
---|---|---|
gb_gin_building |
30 |
Contains the building or house name. |
gb_gin_county_posttown_code |
10 |
Contains the county or post town code. |
gb_gin_dpnd_locality_code |
5 |
Contains the double-dependent locality code. |
gb_gin_dpnd_thorough_name |
30 |
Contains the dependent thoroughfare name, direction. |
gb_gin_dpnd_thorough_desc |
15 |
Contains the dependent thoroughfare description (type). |
gb_gin_house_number |
10 |
Contains the house number. |
gb_gin_locality_code |
5 |
Contains the locality code. |
gb_gin_organization_name |
30 |
Contains the organization name. |
gb_gin_pobox |
6 |
Contains the PO Box number. |
gb_gin_postal_code |
8 |
Contains the postal code. |
gb_gin_record_type |
1 |
Contains the predefined record type.
|
gb_gin_sub_building |
30 |
Contains the type and value: for example, Flat or Flat#. |
gb_gin_sub_building_value |
10 |
Contains the value only (1). |
gb_gin_thorough_name |
30 |
Contains the thoroughfare name, direction. |
gb_gin_thorough_desc |
15 |
Contains the descriptor (type). |
gb_gout_building |
50 |
Stores the 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. 0 = Incomplete Address. Not matched to GAV file. Check the Match Level Code for more information. 1 = Matched Address. |
gb_gout_county_code |
5 |
Stores the county code. |
gb_gout_county_name |
30 |
Stores the county name. Note: Royal Mail no longer includes county name in the GAV tables 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 |
Stores the 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 Global Address Verification (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_thorough_name |
30 |
Stores the dependent thoroughfare name. |
gb_gout_dpnd_thorough_desc |
15 |
Stores the descriptor (type). |
gb_gout_dpnd_locality_code |
5 |
Stores the double-dependent locality code. |
gb_gout_dpnd_locality_name |
30 |
Stores the double-dependent locality name. |
gb_gout_dps_checksum |
1 |
Stores the delivery point duplicate row calculation (checksum) value. |
gb_gout_house_number |
10 |
Stores the house number. |
gb_gout_locality_code |
5 |
Stores the locality code. |
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_name |
30 |
Stores the locality name. |
gb_gout_match_level |
1 |
Contains the numeric code to identify the level at which the address matched, or failed to match, the Global Address Verification (GAV) tables. See Match Level Codes for details. |
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_name |
60 |
Stores the business 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
Global Address Verification (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_organization_key |
8 |
Stores the organization key provided by the PAF file. |
gb_gout_paf_key |
8 |
Stores the key provided from the PAF file. |
gb_gout_postcode_type |
1 |
Stores the postcode type. Values are:
|
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_pobox |
6 |
Stores the PO box number. |
gb_gout_posttown_code |
5 |
Stores the post town code. |
gb_gout_posttown_name |
30 |
Stores the post town name. |
gb_gout_postal_code |
7 |
Stores the postal code. |
gb_gout_postal_code_out |
4 |
Stores the postal code outbound. |
gb_gout_postal_code_in |
3 |
Stores the postal code inbound. |
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 |
Stores the sub-building name: for example, Flat or Flat#. |
gb_gout_sub_building_value |
10 |
Stores the sub-building value only. |
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_thorough_name |
30 |
Stores the thoroughfare name. |
gb_gout_thorough_desc |
15 |
Stores the descriptor (type). |
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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