>I only offer one caveat learned from the YEAR2000 mailing list: you will have
>to keep software that can read this data for as long as the law requires you
>to have an audit trail / history. This makes changing file structures (such
>as going to long dates) a nightmare. Thus, you might need to maintain 'reader
>/ reporting' versions of your software, or archive the current version of
>applications with the data.
>
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>From:  Paul Jenkins[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Tuesday, November 12, 1996 3:14 PM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       CD ROM Storage
>
>Every year we take one year of data from our system and place it on
>Microfiche. Our users have decided they would rather have the data on CD
>ROM.  Our files are Image and KSAM and I was wondering if anyone has done
>anything like this and how you approached the problem.  I realize that there
>is data warehousing technology for the HP3000 which, is also been looked at.
>My primary focus is the CD ROM technology.
>
>Thank you in advance for any suggestions you might have.
>
>Paul Jenkins Programmer/Analyst
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>Idaho State Tax Commission
>Boise Idaho
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