Re: Year 2000: Percentage of impact on AS/400 applications

At 01:22 PM 5/24/97 -0400, you wrote:
>At 08:32 AM 5/23/97 +0000, you wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>Is there any published figure for the percentage of impact of Y2K on AS/400
>>applications? 
>>
>>I understand that the percent varies with applications, OS level etc...but
>>was just trying to find out if there was any average/trend.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Mani
>========================
>Sorry  there is no standard or average  percentage for the AS/400.  It
>seems to  vary  by industry as to the  amount of (%) LoC  that is required
>to be changed.   Atypically it is 4- 6%. More intensive industries like
>insurance scale upwards to 11% plus. In any case  most of your programs
>will be changed.  

I agree with Glenn, however you should beware of any systems that have
dates as file indexes.  I recently reviewed a system where the major files
all had dates as keys, and that system had a 100% participation.



Al Barsa, Jr. - Account for Midrange-L
Barsa Consulting, LLC.  
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