Suggestion 640 Death location in UPPERCASE

Date: 27 Nov 2016
Location: Worldwide
Surnames/tags: data_doctors db_error_640

Description of Error - 640: Death location in UPPERCASE

All characters in the Death Location field are in UPPERCASE. Enter death locations in title case (the first letter of each word capitalized except words such as "and" and "of.")

Content of info column: Empty

Possible Causes

Name accidentally entered in "caps lock" mode, or imported from old fashioned system supporting only uppercase characters.

Action Steps

Correct so all words are in the name start with correct case character followed by all lowercase characters.

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Technical Stuff

It is checked for all locations entered, that are longer than 8 letters. The location should contain both uppercase and lowercase characters.

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