Re: Year 2000 - code scanning ???

FreyaIncledon wrote: > > Does anybody have a list of generic search terms with which to scan > informix code for potential Year 2000 problems? I am thinking about > finding non-standard manipulations of dates and other potential problems > that may not be picked up by scanning for the very obvious terms such as > 'dd/mm/yy' etc. > > Freya Incledon If you look in the manual for the Informix product you want to search you will find a list of reserved words. Search for any of these which have anything to do with dates or datetimes. This is not a sophisticated approach but it will get you started. To get any further you need to identify which variables contain dates or date-like data and examine the ways these are used in the code. This is not Informix-specific, although the part of the parser which identifies variable definitions and declarations might be for 4GL. What analysis tools do you have? Check the IIUG archives at http://www.iiug.org/software/software_index.html#I4GL for 4GL tools. I think there might be a cross-referencer there (memory rusty). -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 --- If all else fails, read the instructions. All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc. My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. Sorry. --- Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www.infuse.org.uk/