>I read that the VIN has been required since 1982 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation. I assumed since they required it that they would have the data but perhaps the data comes from the manufacturers.
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>As far as what I'm doing, I'm really just messing around but I was going to do an inventory control system that gave dealers an easy way to put their inventory on the internet. Just trying to learn a little about database programming for the internet. Really don't have any plans to market the system as of now. So I was looking for a inexpesive (or perhaps free) solution. But perhaps I'll just skip that feature.


It's a RPITA to parse out all the data from the VIN. I had a customer ask for it and did the research, told them they didn't have enough money for that "wish."

Good luck on the internet trials.

__Stephen