Thanks Vic, this is just what I needed!
Peter
--- Victor Odhner <
vodhner@home.com> wrote:
> AZ Pete wrote:
> > I'm building a web form and need a list of all countries in the
> world
> > for the "Country" drop down box.
>
> Fascinating subject.
>
> Go to http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/
>
> This is the official ISO list.
>
> Especially look at the link labeled:
> ISO 3166-1: The Code List
>
> That page offers a link to an import-formatted list.
>
> The discrepancies you have found should be checked.
> There are some pseudo-countries that might appear,
> and there are some good reasons for that.
>
> You might find that standard country codes don't
> line up with the way people are looking for a hotel,
> for example. Hotel reservations systems use several
> country codes of their own invention.
>
> The ISO list shows the United Kingdom (GB) as a
> country, and England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales
> are subdivisions, which are further subdivided into
> "counties". Further, the Channel Islands generally fall
> under the GB heading. But for some purposes, folks make up
> "country codes" to identify these very distinctive places.
>
> In the Caribbean, you have the French Overseas Department
> of Guadaloupe, including half of one island and several other
> islands. But these are geographically some distance
> apart, and often get lumped or confused with neighboring
> islands.
>
> Country names are also an issue. Do you use Cambodia or
> Kampuchea? The latter is what the locals have called it,
> but their current government has swung back to favoring
> the English spelling. Your audience is a factor here,
> and you have to decide how formal you want to be about
> the country names (e.g., China, People's Republic Of).
>
> So bear in mind what your site is doing with these codes,
> and act accordingly.
>
> Vic
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