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Date:   Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:56:10 -0500
Reply-To:   Art@DrKendall.org
Sender:   "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:   Art Kendall <Art@DrKendall.org>
Organization:   Social Research Consultants
Subject:   Re: Joining two files
Comments:   To: John F Hall <johnfhall@orange.fr>
In-Reply-To:   <85B80F789E7D40E59D5423E64DF0CEC7@yourg2asvv4l2m>
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Just curious.&nbsp; I had the impression that UK postcodes were very similar to US zipcodes.&nbsp;&nbsp; From your message it seems they are something else.<br> What are UK postcodes and why would the be covered under a Data Protection Act?<br> <br> Art Kendall<br> Social Research Consultants<br> <br> John F Hall wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:85B80F789E7D40E59D5423E64DF0CEC7@yourg2asvv4l2m" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18854"> <o:SmartTagType downloadurl="http://www.microsoft.com" name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><!--[if !mso]> <STYLE>st1\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#ieooui) } </STYLE> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:21.0cm 842.0pt; margin:63.8pt 89.85pt 42.55pt 89.85pt;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Hope you're covered by the Data Protection Act, otherwise what are you doing with access to postcodes?</font></div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;" dir="ltr"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0%; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><b>From:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true" title="Kuiama.Thompson@salford.nhs.uk" href="mailto:Kuiama.Thompson@salford.nhs.uk">Kuiama Thompson</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true" title="SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU" href="mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU">SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 21, 2009 2:43 PM</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> Joining two files</div> <div><br> </div> <div class="Section1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I have a data set which contains people&#8217;s details, including postcodes and another dataset which contains postcodes and characteristics of that postcode.&nbsp; The first dataset may have two more than one occurrence of the same postcode.&nbsp; I want to apply the postcode characteristics from the second file to the corresponding records in the first file.&nbsp; Is this possible and if so how?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><ns0:PersonName w:endinsdate="2009-12-21T13:33:00Z" w:endinsauthor="Kuiama Thompson" w:insdate="2009-12-21T13:33:00Z" w:insauthor="Kuiama Thompson"><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Kuiama<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font>Thompson</st1:PersonName></ns0:PersonName></span></font></b> <br> <br> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p> </div> <p>DISCLAIMER:<br> This email has been scanned for viruses, however we are unable to accept responsibility for any damage caused by the contents. 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