RE: DBCENTURY flag

Posted in 1999

Rick Rabe — Tue, 5 Oct 1999 15:12:39 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF0F6D.F9AF659C Content-Type: text/plain Are you exporting the DBCENTURY environmet variable for user informix when the engine is started? This could be your problem...not familiar enogh with the HP port. > ---------- > From: Pushan Bishi[SMTP:pbishi@uswest.com] > Reply To: Pushan Bishi > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 12:56 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: DBCENTURY flag > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------2ED4BFEEC5640E64CF3A7F00 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hi all, > We are developing a web based application. The database > (INFORMIX of course ) resides on an HP 10.2 m/c and we are establishing > a connection to the database through an ODBC driver.Generraly for C, 4GL > applications we export the DBCENTURY flag as "C" in the application > start up script to make the database y2k compliant. But in this case > there are no unix files executed (most probably) on the HP box and it > looks like the application is not Y2k compliant. Do you have any idea > whther any file is executed on the UNIX side when we connect to a > databse through a driver where we can export the DBCENTURY flag or any > other way round!! > Any help would be apprecitaed . we are in deep deep trouble > Thanks > Pushan > > --------------2ED4BFEEC5640E64CF3A7F00 > Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Description: Card for Pushan Bishi > Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" > > begin: vcard > fn: Pushan Bishi > n: Bishi;Pushan > org: TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES > adr: 3840 South Wadsworth Blvd;;;Lakewood;Colorado;80202;USA > email;internet: pbishi@uswest.com > title: ASST. SYSTEMS ENGINNEER > tel;work: 303-763-1177 > x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 > x-mozilla-html: FALSE > version: 2.1 > end: vcard > > > --------------2ED4BFEEC5640E64CF3A7F00-- > ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF0F6D.F9AF659C Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2448.0"> <TITLE>RE: DBCENTURY flag</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Are you = exporting the DBCENTURY environmet variable for user informix when the = engine is started? This could be your problem...not familiar enogh with = the HP port. <UL> ---------- From:   = Pushan = Bishi[SMTP:pbishi@uswest.com] Reply To: =       Pushan Bishi Sent:   = Tuesday, October 05, 1999 12:56 = PM To: =     informix-list@iiug.org Subject: =        DBCENTURY flag This is a multi-part message in MIME = format. --------------2ED4BFEEC5640E64CF3A7F00 Content-Type: text/plain; = charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: = 7bit Hi all,         We are = developing a web based application. The database (INFORMIX of course )  resides = on an HP 10.2 m/c and we are establishing a connection to the database through = an ODBC driver.Generraly for C, 4GL applications we export the DBCENTURY = flag as "C" in the application start up script  to make the = database y2k compliant. But in this case there are no unix files executed = (most probably) on the HP box and it looks like the application is not Y2k = compliant. Do you have any idea whther any file is executed on the = UNIX side when we connect to a databse through a driver where we can = export the DBCENTURY flag or any other way round!! Any help would be apprecitaed . we = are in deep deep trouble Thanks Pushan --------------2ED4BFEEC5640E64CF3A7F00 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; = charset=3Dus-ascii; name=3D"vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: = 7bit Content-Description: Card for Pushan = Bishi Content-Disposition: attachment; = filename=3D"vcard.vcf" begin:        &nb= sp; vcard fn:         =     Pushan Bishi n:         &= nbsp;    Bishi;Pushan org:        &nbsp= ;   TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES adr:        &nbsp= ;   3840 South Wadsworth = Blvd;;;Lakewood;Colorado;80202;USA email;