RE: JDE A4.3

[Greg van Paassen <gregvp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>I use JD Edwards, and from what I know 4.3 is not 2000 compliant....you must
>be at least 7.3
>Rob Moore                      Phone: (519) 661-5893

You're right, Rob -- it isn't.   However, as far as I can tell there's no
problem with the programs which we can't recompile (the menu program, a few
PL/1 programs in Worldwriter, and a few RPG and CL programs).  I have
tested them with a change of system date -- only briefly, of course, since
there are quite a few locations connected to this AS/400.  We can't have
all their passwords expiring all the time! The menu program and the licence
validation program worked fine.

**If you know something about JDE MI, PL/1 and no-source-code programs that
I don't, please let me know ASAP!**

Reviewing and fixing the RPG and CL has been my job for the last year.
We're using SIMDATE to simulate system dates. Although 98% of programs
(even the ones that need fixing) are system-date independent (it only
affects the "Date Updated" xxUPMJ and the batch date -- no date comparisons
done on those.

Simdate seems pretty good, although the way it propagates to batch jobs
means we can't test Worldwriter queries -- due to sloppy programming in a
JDE "assembler" program that expects the *EXT message queue to be four
levels above it in the job.

Overall, I'm taking a "minimum change" approach to the job -- using
windowing, programming conversions to Julian where date comparisons are
done, therefore no database changes.  

The client expects to convert away from JDE in the "near" future -- they're
replacing their main line-of-business system using Obsydian (now Cool:plex
-awful name), and are keeping an eye on the San Francisco frameworks.

Cheers -- Greg
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