specific, Range or wildcard

Resolved hairyhobo
(@hairyhobo)

6 years ago

Hello

I’ve setup shipping for specific postcodes in birmingham.
I did this the wildcard way… B1* B2*, up to B30*, however people with B75 or B31 could place an order.

I’ve now changed it to the range method… B1…B30, which seems to work (on a test site), but i’ve just read a post (on here) saying that Range is only for numbers and not for UK postcodes.

What should i do? if you do it the Specific way, do you put them on separate lines, put commas in??

any pointers would be great

Thanks

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Thread Starter hairyhobo
(@hairyhobo)

6 years ago

Just to add…

Zone name is Birmingham
Zone Region is United Kingdom
Nicola Mustone
(@nicolamustone)

Automattic Happiness Engineer

6 years ago
Hello there,
You should put each zip code on a different line, so it would be
```
B1*
B2*
etc.
```
Please, change the configuration like this and let us know if it works then!
Plugin Support Riaan K.
(@riaanknoetze)

6 years ago
Hi there,

It sounds like we’re missing some background information here – please share the following:
- A screenshot of your shipping zone setup at the moment
- The range of postcodes you’re looking to filter ideally
Once we have that in hand, we’ll be in a much better position to say what’s possible 🙂

Thanks!
Thread Starter hairyhobo
(@hairyhobo)

6 years ago

Hi

I can post a screen shot, but all the info is in my posts…

The zone name is birmingham
The region is United Kingdom

I had listed them out B1* (new line) B2*… but this didn’t work, and am I right in thinking this is the wildcard method? So it seems to allow any other postcode with a 1 or 2 in it to be accepted, is that correct?

As mentioned, i have listed it the range method…
B1…B30
Which seems to be working, but i just wanted to check if this is correct due a conflicting post i read on here, stating this was for non uk postcodes only.

Also i have seen a method similar to the wildcard…
B1 * (adding in a space before the star)
B2 *

This seems to work as well, but as i cant see this on the woo info, then im not really sure??

Listing them the specific way, as per woo info>>
B1
B2
Didn’t work.

Thread Starter hairyhobo
(@hairyhobo)

6 years ago

Just to add, with the range method in place…

B1…B30

a order came in with a B5 postcode and it wouldnt work, yet its been letting in other B16, B17, B6, all fine.
Plugin Support Senff – a11n
(@senff)

6 years ago
A range will only work if it only contains numbers (like US postal codes), but not when it also contains letters. In other words, if you want to match all postal codes between B1 and B30, you will need to list all of them specifically, on 30 individual lines:

B1 * B2 * B3 * ..... B29 * B30 *
- This reply was modified 6 years ago by Senff - a11n.
AJ a11n
(@amandasjackson)

6 years ago

We haven’t heard back from you in a while, so I’m going to mark this as resolved – if you have any further questions, you can start a new thread.

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