Re: Year 2000

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Second   Dean's concerns here.

At 11:15 PM 6/6/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Mark,
>
>In a message dated 97-06-06 06:02:38 EDT, you write:
>
>>  IMHO, since you are changing your DB, use the date data types.  It will
>>  make it a lot easier for future projects in several areas, most notably
>when
>>  using Query or SQL.
>>  
>>   This also assumes that you will convert your code to RPG IV, since RPG
>>  III/400 is not as easy to work w/ the date data types.
>
>Doing a Y2K conversion AND converting to ILE is a bit ambitious, don't you
>think?  It was my understanding that there were some performance problems
>with the date data types at one point, is this still the case?
>
>Regards!
>
>Dean Asmussen
>Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
>Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
>E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM
>
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