Re: Impact of the year 2000 on Oracle systems

Bob Johnson wrote:
>
> G'day All,
>
> A work colleague has asked me to post the following.....
>
> 'I am conducting a Year 2000 study for my client and am at the stage where
> I am looking at legacy applications and development tools.
>
> Could anybody give me any WebSites or NewsGroups that have recorded the
> experience with respect to Oracle development tools, applications and
> RDBMS's and/or if you have time could you reply with your experiences /
> opinions?'
>
> 'I had heard that the RDBMS is OK but the PL/SQL date routines are a bit
> suspect, is this true or not? What versions of the stuff are in doubt?'
>
> Replies to bj_at_iinet.net.com or johnsob1_at_bp.com or to this NewsGroup
>
> Thanks in advance to all who contribute.
>
> Bob Johnson
> Oracle DBA
> BP Refinery
> Kwinana; Western Australia

PL/Vision will be adding a Year 2000 PL/SQL Package in it's 1st Quarter '97 release, available March 3. Developed by the renowned PL/SQL author and instructor Steven Feuerstein, it will identify lines of code which are date-related and automatically handle turn-of-century date issues.

More about PL/Vision can be found at http://www.revealnet.com

Hope this helps,

Cam White
RevealNet, Inc.
(800) 738-3254 toll-free, or
(202) 234-8557 Received on Fri Feb 14 1997 - 00:00:00 CST