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At 03:11 PM 6/13/97 +0000, you wrote: > >> >Doing a Y2K conversion AND converting to ILE is a bit ambitious, don't you >> >think? >> >> Not really. I'm referring to doing the basic conversion that OS/400 >> provides. The idea here is to leverage the investment you are making into >> making the DB more robust, easier to maintain and use in the future. Many >> applications use dates as a pivotal part of the proceessing logic. The >> conversion to ILE is really a simple conversion to RPG IV. > >>AND in order to use these NEW functions one must make changes to >>applications in the form of ???? Then Test ???? > > RPG IV makes most of the date manipulation tasks so easy that it would be a >shame to pass up the opportunity to do it correctly. > > -mark > ============================================ Mark, were are you at now with your Y2K project ? Can you say how big and or complex it is at this moment? ( with some parameters given) First assume: you do nothing but straight convert - You can project being done and fully tested by (date) Second place ILE in the project(keep all resources the same) the new date is? Now the final costs are for each? benefits? If it flies sell it to the person writingyour company's checks. Do let me know how this figures for your case. Thanks, Glenn ___________________________________________________ Glenn Ericson, Phoenix Consulting P O Box 701164 East Elmhurst NY 11370-3164 USA Ph. 718 898 9805 Fx. 718 446 1150 AS/400 & Year 2000- - Solutions © 1997copyright, all rights reserved ____________________________________________________ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This is the Midrange System Mailing List! To submit a new message, * * send your mail to "MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com". To unsubscribe from * * this list send email to MAJORDOMO@midrange.com and specify * * 'unsubscribe MIDRANGE-L' in the body of your message. Questions * * should be directed to the list owner / operator: david@midrange.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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