Y2k and Informix 4.0

Hello list! I have following questions: Is the 4.0 UH2 database ready for Y2k?? My DBDATE= DMY4. Is it enough with this setting? The forms using isql. The server HP9000 807S is patched with the HP Y2k patch Y2K-1001S800.tar. Thanx in advance. Dirk Emmermacher

Hi: I do not know about your version, but I know that you also have to set DBCENTURY ='C' for test. Rgds Denis Hung Dirk Emmermacher <NDSTURNERBUND@t-online.de> wrote in message news:80gpc3$et2$1@news.xmission.com... > > Hello list! > > I have following questions: Is the 4.0 UH2 database ready for Y2k?? > My DBDATE= DMY4. Is it enough with this setting? The forms using isql. > > The server HP9000 807S is patched with the HP Y2k patch > Y2K-1001S800.tar. > > Thanx in advance. > > > Dirk Emmermacher

Dirk Emmermacher wrote: > I have following questions: Is the 4.0 UH2 database ready for Y2k?? > My DBDATE= DMY4. Is it enough with this setting? The forms using isql. > > The server HP9000 807S is patched with the HP Y2k patch > Y2K-1001S800.tar. Check out the Y2K page at the Informix web site, but the normal answer is 'No'. The reason for that answer is that the version you have will always add 1900 to any date specified with (1 or) 2 digits for the year, even next year when you'd probably prefer it to add 2000 instead. If you religiously display 4 digits for the year and your staff religiously type 1999 rather than 99, then you *may* be OK with what you've got. On the other hand, it is probably not a good idea to assume that things will work smoothly. It is time to upgrade. The minimal upgrade is to 5.10 server and 4.20 ISQL. -- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com, jleffler@earthlink.net) Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.62 -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN #include <disclaimer.h>