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  "id": 2322,
  "title": "zip4",
  "url": "/competitions/Raising-Money-to-Fund-an-Organizational-Mission/discussion/2322",
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  "post_date": "2012-08-05T22:15:24.357Z",
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  "content": "<p>Hi.</p>\r\n<p>I am trying to concatenate the <em>zip</em> and <em>zip4</em> fields from the &quot;training_sample.txt&quot; file to get the zip9 field needed to match the demographic information, as explained in the FAQ.</p>\r\n<p>However, it appears that&nbsp;1,609,593 rows do not have a zip4 value. Is it normal?</p>\r\n<p>Sorry, I am not used to American postal codes.</p>",
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      "id": "12942",
      "postDate": "08/05/2012 22:15:24",
      "content": "<p>Hi.</p>\r\n<p>I am trying to concatenate the <em>zip</em> and <em>zip4</em> fields from the &quot;training_sample.txt&quot; file to get the zip9 field needed to match the demographic information, as explained in the FAQ.</p>\r\n<p>However, it appears that&nbsp;1,609,593 rows do not have a zip4 value. Is it normal?</p>\r\n<p>Sorry, I am not used to American postal codes.</p>",
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      "id": "12975",
      "postDate": "08/06/2012 18:51:25",
      "content": "<p>Yes - some of the records do not have a zip&#43;4 appended. These should all be in DB3, and it's simply a data quality issue. Thanks</p>",
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      "postDate": "08/07/2012 01:53:04",
      "content": "<p>OK then if it is normal, I will to find a workaround for this data issue. I have some ideas.</p>",
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      "postDate": "09/12/2012 13:37:09",
      "content": "<p>A few of the zip4 only have 3 digits, example: 143. When we join this zip4 with zip5, am I right to say that we need to add a 0 to the front of these 3 digit zip4?</p>\r\n<p>For example:<br>\r\nzip4: 143<br>\r\nzip5: 49304<br>\r\nzip9: 493040143</p>",
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      "id": "14257",
      "postDate": "09/12/2012 14:09:11",
      "content": "<p>That is probably correct, but I can't be sure. Since we don't originate the data, it's hard to be positive what mistake may have been made when it was first processed. However, I think that's as good a guess as any.\r\n</p>",
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      "id": 12975,
      "author_name": "fundraising",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/06/2012 18:51:25",
      "content": "<p>Yes - some of the records do not have a zip&#43;4 appended. These should all be in DB3, and it's simply a data quality issue. Thanks</p>",
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      "id": 12989,
      "author_name": "benoitplante",
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      "post_date": "08/07/2012 01:53:04",
      "content": "<p>OK then if it is normal, I will to find a workaround for this data issue. I have some ideas.</p>",
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      "id": 14256,
      "author_name": "thiakx",
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      "post_date": "09/12/2012 13:37:09",
      "content": "<p>A few of the zip4 only have 3 digits, example: 143. When we join this zip4 with zip5, am I right to say that we need to add a 0 to the front of these 3 digit zip4?</p>\r\n<p>For example:<br>\r\nzip4: 143<br>\r\nzip5: 49304<br>\r\nzip9: 493040143</p>",
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      "id": 14257,
      "author_name": "fundraising",
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      "post_date": "09/12/2012 14:09:11",
      "content": "<p>That is probably correct, but I can't be sure. Since we don't originate the data, it's hard to be positive what mistake may have been made when it was first processed. However, I think that's as good a guess as any.\r\n</p>",
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