Re: Y2K39

Yeah, well, don't laugh. They still have flat files in use here.

Also, they have a "system control values" type of table for all of those
codes that someone decided didn't warrant their own table. The result is a
pseudo flat file; I imagine it was a true flat file back in the S/36 days.
The key, valid codes, and 235-byte description fields are defined but, for
many code types, you need to overlay the description in a data structure to
define all of the subfields, including packed decimal fields.

I have my work cut out for me here.

- Dan

On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Paul Nelson <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

C'mon. Those programs work great for the flat files used for bank
reconcilations.

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 409-267-4027
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Roger
Harman
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 4:09 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Y2K39

Sadly, I fear that someone will still be writing fixed-format RPG code with
input primary....


Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power
OCEAN User Group<http://www.ocean400.org>






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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 15:30:48 -0400
Subject: Re: Y2K39
From: dan27649@xxxxxxxxx
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx

I'll hazard a guess that the state of information technology 8000 years
from now will relegate today's applications to the dustbin of history.

But, then again, this is the Power i we're talking about.

- Dan

On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

If you think Y2K39 is a problem just consider what a mess we will have
when we get to year 10000 (9999 plus 1).

Jerry

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