Re: Year 2000 problem

From: Mark Brooks <mbrooks_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: 1997/05/01
Message-ID: <33680942.1057313@nntp.netcruiser>#1/1

The Oracle7 database does not have a year 2000 problem. Oracle stores dates with the 4 digit year. The issue with applications ( Oracle Financials or any other Oracle based app) is did the programmer handle the date formating on inserts/selects correctly.

Mark...

On Wed, 30 Apr 1997 11:52:18 +0300, Jay Hostetter <jhostetter_at_dande.com> wrote:

>pfw_at_powerup.com.au wrote:
>>
>> Greetings from Australia
>>
>> It was reported in one of the major weekly computer newspapers here
>> recently (on the front page) that versions of Oracle Financials as
>> liitle as 2 months ago have Year 2000 date problems.
>>
>> Does anyone know what this is all about and if true what the problems
>> actually are. I find it hard to believe that this could be correct in
>> a modern product selling in 1997.
>>
>> I would appreciate if you could email me on pfw_at_powerup.com.au as I
>> don't get onto these newsgroups often.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any replies.
>
>Version 10.7 is supposed to be fully compliant. Call Oracle and request
>the Year 2000 bulletin.
>--
>*************************
>Jay Hostetter
>D. and E. Communications
>Ephrata, Pa. U.S.A
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Received on Thu May 01 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT