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Posted by axlq on 08/17/07 00:08
In article <op.tw6bb5g7qnv3q9@metallium>,
Rik <luiheidsgoeroe@hotmail.com> wrote:
[snip explanation of effort involved maintaining an IP country database]
Thanks. I didn't realize it was so involved.
>And on a sidenote in this thread a warning to all trying to use
>geolocation to determine language: don't, use the language-accept
>headers. Geolocation might be usefull to provide 'local'
>information or to determine the general location of (groups of)
>clients.
All I need it for is to make an educated guess about the user's
country, just so a selection box will default to the right type of
currency for exchange-rate calculations. Geolocation isn't even
necessary for the site I'm building but I thought it would be a
user-friendly touch to have certain defaults based on country.
-A
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