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Hi Marc,

i just would like to know if it's better to work with a dump or with the webservices...

Project: A little community in one country where each user adds his postal code to his/her profile.

1) With a dump:

- I import the dump into my database
- every insert gets his own id (because many small villages have the same postal codes)

2) With webservices:

- every time a user joins and add his postal code i connect to your webservices and offer the user the places for his postal code
- after he choosed the right on it will be saved in the database

1) -> big database, difficult to let autom. add new postal codes or changes
2) -> small database, adds only new postal codes if user joins, adds only actual stuff at time of join, perhaps it's a little bit addicted to the availability of your server

What's the better solution for this project?

Thanks,
Geo

Geo

If it is only for a postal code drop down list then I would implement a simple postal code suggest or auto complete with the posibility for the user to overwrite it in case the postal code does not exist in the database.

Marc