Re: oracle Y2k Bug (server 7.3.4;Developer 2.1)

From: Van Messner <vmessner_at_netaxis.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 02:18:24 GMT
Message-ID: <QBaf4.282$7F2.24816@tw11.nn.bcandid.com>

You have a non-compliant version of the installer. Oracle did post this information on its web site, but pretty late in the game. From the postings on this forum it looks like quite a few never got the word.

Van

000000292667072278981#0001 <lus-hochfrequenz_at_t-online.de> wrote in message news:387C6F61.38EC6C4C_at_t-online.de...
> Hi there,
> I only want to tell the whole world our Y2k experience with oracle.
> We installed Windows NT 4.0 (and nothing else), Oracle workgroupsserver
> 7.3.4
> and after this some products from the developer 2000 version 2.1 (e.g.
> Forms 5.0)
> During installation of Forms 5.0 the process has been killed or an
> access violation
> appeared.
> Our (funny) bug fix:
> We set the date to 1999 and the installation worked fine.
> After setting the date again to 2000 the server and forms worked also
> fine.
>
> I thought, oracle 7.3.4 and developer 2000 up to from 1.32 will be Y2k
> proven ?!
>
> Do we make any mistakes ?
>
> Greetings
> Hermann
> -----------------
> Hermann Renfranz
> L&S Hochfrequenztechnik
> Germany
> hrenfranz_at_lsgermany.de
>
Received on Wed Jan 12 2000 - 20:18:24 CST