Re: Is there any COBOL program for verify the SSN?

On Thu, 01 May 2008 21:30:35 +0300, Binyamin Dissen
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> wrote:

>:>It depends on what he wants verified.   Does he want to make sure it
>:>is numeric?   Does he want to make sure that it is of someone who is
>:>alive at a particular date?
>
>OK, I'm game.
>
>Explain how the ISSN test would help with either.

Does it have to be numeric to pass?

>:>Sometimes too tight of a test will need to be re-written as the rules
>:>change.   Certainly I have gotten web sites telling me that 80026-2895
>:>is not a valid zip code.   That's because the web master included an
>:>edit that is hasn't been valid since he was in grade school.
>
>These are web sites with a 10 character space for the zip code?

Yep.   And there are sites that accept a wide variety of foreign
postal codes.