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Title: Year 2000 in a Nutshell Author: Norman Shakespeare Editor: Tim O'Reilly Publisher: O'Reilly Date Published: July 1998 ISBN: 1565924215 Pages: 314 |
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Preface
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Year-2000 Overview
The Problem
The Solution
Chapter 2: Managerial Considerations for Year 2000 Conversion
Year-2000 Planning
Tools
Staff
Chapter 3: Legal Issues
Y2K Liability and Risk
Ten Legal Issues
Chapter 4: Master Plan for Year-2000 Conversion Projects
The Seven Stages of a Year-2000 Project
Start-Up
Inventory
Analysis
Planning
Coding and Conversion
Integration and Testing
Quality Assurance, Migration, and Feedback Reports
Important Factors for Year-2000 Planning
Chapter 5: Technical Considerations
Historical Dates and Leap-Year Theory
Bridging
File and Database Conversion
Chapter 6: PCs and the Front End
Finding Frontend Problems
Fixing Frontend Problems
Part II: Templates and Worksheets
Chapter 7: Triage
Triage Criteria
Triage Management
Legal Issues
Defending Triage
Chapter 8: Inventory Database Schema
Formal Database Layout
Forms and Questionnaires
Chapter 9: Year-2000 Macro Project Plan Template
Creating a Template
Part III: COBOL Language Reference
Chapter 10: COBOL Reference
About COBOL
COBOL Basics
COBOL Data
Declaring Data-Items in COBOL
Declaring Records in COBOL
PROCEDURE DIVISION Commands
Arithmetic in COBOL
Iteration Constructs
Selection Constructs
Sequential Files
Writing to the Printer
Sequential File Processing Verbs
Sorting Files
Direct Access Files
Direct Access-File Processing Verbs
Tables/Arrays
COBOL String Handling
Intrinsic Functions
COBOL Sub-Programs
The COBOL Report Writer
Part IV: Date Function Reference
Chapter 11: Date Functions
Reference to Date Functions
Chapter 12: Pseudo-Date Functions
Pseudo-Code Date Functions
Pseudo-Code Supporting Functions
Chapter 13: COBOL Date Functions
Intrinsic (Built-In) Functions
Primary User-Developed Date Functions
COBOL Supporting Functions
COBOL Program Variables
Chapter 14: PL/1 Date Functions
Intrinsic Functions
Primary User-Developed Date Functions
Supporting Functions
Chapter 15: MVS LE Date Functions
Chapter 16: Visual Date Functions
Chapter 17: C Date Functions
Part V: Code Scanners
Chapter 18: Code Scanner Design and Theory
Chapter 19: Visual Basic Code Scanner Prototype
System Function Calls and Events
Output Files
Appendix A: Year 2000 Resources
Year-2000 Vendors
Year-2000 Tools
Year-2000 Testing
Year-2000 Legal Issues
Year-2000 Services
Year-2000 & Embedded Systems
Year-2000 & User Groups
This book is on my shelf awaiting further review.
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Copyright © 1998 Orville R. Weyrich, Jr. Last updated: August 06, 2000; Version: 1.4
