Re: New version of 4GL

Michael Segel said >Scott McClintock wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> As I understand it, a new version of 4GL is coming that amongst other >> things will support the DBCENTURY environment variable. Does anyone >> have any idea when this is due for release (or even better, when the SCO >> 5 port is to be released). I have to provide a Year 200 compliance >> schedule to a client and implementation of DBCENTURY is the only thing >> we need to satisfy Y2K issues. >> >> TIA. > >Well, >Based on conversations with Informix, >SCO is no longer on the porting list. >This means that no new products will be ported to SCO. All is not lost. Consider switching to the QueriX 4GL clone which *is* available for SCO and which has already implemented the mid-century switch - i.e. if you enter a two digit year less than 50 it prefixes with 20 and greater than 50 it prefixes with 19. (Actually the switch point is 49 - looks like an off by one error :-) ). QueriX will also let your 4GL code talk to an Oracle database rather than Informix should it become desirable, or essential... Mike Disclaimer: Yeah, we use and sell QueriX. About 500k lines of 4GL here and it works... -- .----------------------------------------------------------------------. | Mike Jagdis | Internet: mailto:mike@roan.co.uk | | Roan Technology Ltd. | | | 54A Peach Street, Wokingham | Telephone: +44 118 989 0403 |