Re: Year 2000

In a message dated 97-06-08 07:29:44 EDT, you write:

<< Subj:        RE: Year 2000
 Date:  97-06-08 07:29:44 EDT
 From:  web5028f@rpgdev.net (Bob Cozzi)
 Sender:        mcsnet!midrange.com!midrange-l-owner@Mcs.Net
 Reply-to:      MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
 To:    MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com ('MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com')
 
 Steve,
 
 I am no expert, but I believe the reason they do not convert to real AS/400 
 date fields is because they want to work with your existing code. I f you, 
 for example, have a date routine that calculates the number of work days 
 for a give period, that routine will continue to work (hopefully) after the 
 conversion. If a tool changed the data type to a date field, that routine 
 could need some reworking.
 
 As I said, I don't know for sure what the reasoning is. I suppose a tool 
 could be smart enough to move a date field to a numeric field and then back 
 again, but that does add overhead. Plus, RPGIII doesn't like native date 
 fields anyway, so the big payoff wouldn't be there unless you were moving 
 to RPG IV at the same time.
 
 Bob Cozzi >>

Cozzi  - your right as usual. Those routines can perform less than normal
durations. Assuming is a fatal set of errors.  Nothing is normal in the
conversion. Consider it a BIG ANOMOLY. The  less change real or implied logic
the  better  the sucesss rate.  Progress to newer software and techniques
goes to hell !!! 

This is not the time to rome off INTO  Client Server as a new venture to
solve Y2K .  It  adds to the  project and brings those nasty PC failure
variations right along as a bonus.
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