Year 2K (was Re: Trusting Vendors???)

[Vern Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dean,

At 08:01 PM 9/29/97 -0400, you wrote:

>>  2. How vigorously do you plan on testing your application software
>>  for Y2K compliance?
>
>My primary client has more than 10 contractors and several in-house staff
>working on this situation.  They have already installed a new AS/400 JUST for
>testing Y2K, as changing system dates on production and development systems
>would cause GREAT unrest.  They currently have four levels of testing
>planned, all of which should be complete about a month prior to SSA's planned
>date of having release 6 of BPCS "Y2K Certified".

This 'triggers' a thought from me. Our title order file, the main file for
our business, has three 2-digit fields for dates.  (8-(   We're converting
that to 8-digit dates. One of the things we've done for the interim, in
production, too, until we can get the new format propagated, is to have
both versions, with triggers on each, so that changes to either get
mirrored to the other. It seems to be working well for us, and maybe this
idea can help others. I'll be glad to share what I can—send private
e-mail—but I'll need to dig a little, as I'm not directly involved in that
side of things here.

Cheers

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401
(612) 371-1111 x480
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