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Y2K Survival Kit for As/400 Programmers

Name: Y2K Survival Kit for As/400 Programmers
Author: Ted Holt
ISBN: 9781583470008

by Ted Holt

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With the millennium fast approaching, you need solutions and you need them now. Author Ted Holt takes the RPG programmer through the details of the problem and shows, with real code, how to fix the century-date problems. This book helps you categorize the kinds of problems you might have and then follows with examples of how to fix the problems. The author covers windowing, sorting, dating, arithmetic, access paths, OPNQRYF, and even Query/400. He shows you how to make two digit dates span the millennia in old S/36 applications (including #GSORT and FMTDTA), shows you encoding techniques to make six bytes hold more information, and gives pointers as to how you can make the quick fix and still prepare for a transition to date data types. There is a powerful chapter on testing-probably the most important part of the Y2K project-that provides tested, ready-to-run code that can be integrated into existing software through external calls. This book is for all AS/400 programmers who cannot afford or justify the use of expensive Y2K conversion software, as well as for those who have used a conversion tool but are faced with problems it cannot fix. Even if you think your show is ready for Y2K, Y2K Survival Kit for AS/400 Programmers deserves a place in your library as good insurance to have on hand. When miscellaneous problems pop up, you'll be ready with a quick solution. This is the essential Y2K book to have on your desktop-not only as you prepare your applications for Y2K, but also as you move into the early months of 2000. Don't be without it! (Level: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced).

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Uses real code to show the RPG programmer the details of the century-date problems and how to fix them. Coverage includes windowing, sorting, date arithmetic, access paths, OPNQRYF, and Query/400. The author explains how to make two-digit dates span the millennia in old S/36 applications, gives encoding techniques to make six bytes hold more information, and provides information on preparing for a transition to date data types. The CD-ROM contains all the source code. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.