Re: Year 2000...

Posted in 1997

Ian Goddard — Mon, 10 Feb 1997 12:55:20 -0800 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Timothy M. Hood wrote: <SNIP> > > Allowing the scape-goat that "it's not my code", what's the big deal > about modifying a screen form to extend date fields by two character > spaces? MAKE IT FIT! Having a two-digit year is akin to having only 8 > characters of a 10-character primary key! I would venture to say that > 95% or more of 4gl screens could be easily modified. And don't forget to look at report layouts as well. :-) Ian