PowerHouse Upgrade on MPEiX Machine

[Deskin, Bob]

The first version on MPE/iX that is warranted as Year 2000 compliant is
7.29.C8. Version 8.19 with the year 2000 friendly enhancements will be
out in the summer. Both will continue to use QDD dictionaries. However,
we will not certify PowerHouse when running off of a QDD dictionary
because we aren't providing development support (bug fixing) QDD or that
interface any more. We can't certify something that we will not be
fixing. 8.19 will come with an upgrade guide. Details of upgrading to
specific versions can also be obtained from Customer Support.

If you do not upgrade, you won't be on a compliant version. 7.09 is out
of support. We know there is an issue with retrieving the system date
correctly on Feb 29, 2000. A routine is available (the "wedge") that
resolves this problem. Documentation is available on our web site or
from Customer Support. Do a search on the word "wedge". There are other
cosmetic year 2000 problems such as QTP's run details page not displays
dates in the 2000s as crosshatches. However these won't affect your data
or its display.

Bob Deskin              
Senior Product Advisor  bob.deskin@cognos.com
Cognos Inc.             (613) 738-1338 ext 4205 FAX: (613) 228-3149
3755 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 9707 Stn. T, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 CANADA


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> From: 	Mark A Hocraffer[SMTP:mahocraf@crnotes.cca.rockwell.com]
> Sent: 	Thursday, April 30, 1998 6:38 PM
> To: 	powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> Subject: 	PowerHouse Upgrade on MPEiX Machine
> 
> We are currently running version 7.09E of PowerHouse on three HP3000
> machines.  We are looking to upgrade to 7.29 to get Y2K compliency.
> We
> still have a handful of QDD qschemas but most are in PDL format.  What
> are
> my options?  What happens if I decide not to upgrade to 7.29?  What
> 'gotchas' do I need to keep an eye out for doing the upgrade?  We have
> about 900 Quick screens and about 600 complied QTPs.  A number of the
> Quick
> screens have their own QKGO file associated with it and all already
> use all
> eight characters for the file name.  I know there are issues with that
> that
> I need to address as well.
> 
> Any thoughts or comments would be greately appreciated.  I can't be
> the
> only one going thru this for Y2K, can I?
> 
> mark hocraffer
> mahocraf@collins.rockwell.com
> 
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