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That huge listbox of states is designed to normalize the incoming data so that you don't end up with address in California that use "Ca", "CA", "Calif." and "Ca
by aasarava 17y ago
That huge listbox of states is designed to normalize the incoming data so that you don't end up with address in California that use "Ca", "CA", "Calif." and "California" -- or any number of misspellings that users are prone to input.
Sure, there are other ways to normalize an address from freetext input, but they often require using a third party system from FedEx or UPS.