Any other Y2K+4 type surprises we might need to know about?

~Jos~

Nathan Brindle wrote:
> At 11:32 AM 1/5/2004 -0500, Mark Berman wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm running Listserv 1.8e on Tru-64 Unix. On the Changelog reports page
>> the date range
>> allows 1997 thru 2003, no allowance for 2004. Do I need to do anything to
>> let us run reports
>> for this year?
>>
>>  - Mark
>
>
> The problem is that these values are currently not generated
> automatically.  Here is development's take on why it is like that:
>
>> Some maintainers would rather not have users request reports that go too
>> far back, so we left it up to them to decide which years should appear in
>> the drop-down. It is still possible to specify any year in the URL
>> itself,
>> though, so it's just a deterrent. The LOG-MAIN template is the one to
>> edit.
>
>
> There is a plan to change this to an auto-generated value in a future
> update, but in the meantime, as noted, you can add entries for 2004 by
> editing LOG-MAIN.  Simply go to the server management section in the web
> interface, choose "Customize site-wide dynamic web templates", then choose
> LOG-MAIN from the dropdown list.  You'll see an area that looks like this:
>
>       <select name="a">
>         <option value="1997" &+SEL_a1997;>1997
>         <option value="1998" &+SEL_a1998;>1998
>         <option value="1999" &+SEL_a1999;>1999
>         <option value="2000" &+SEL_a2000;>2000
>         <option value="2001" &+SEL_a2001;>2001
>         <option value="2002" &+SEL_a2002;>2002
>         <option value="2003" &+SEL_a2003;>2003
>       </select>
>
> and later on,
>
>       <select name="A">
>         <option value="1997" &+SEL_A1997;>1997
>         <option value="1998" &+SEL_A1998;>1998
>         <option value="1999" &+SEL_A1999;>1999
>         <option value="2000" &+SEL_A2000;>2000
>         <option value="2001" &+SEL_A2001;>2001
>         <option value="2002" &+SEL_A2002;>2002
>         <option value="2003" &+SEL_A2003;>2003
>       </select>
>
> Just add the appropriate option tag for 2004 in each spot (note:
> case-sensitive!) and click Update.  That will give you a 2004 option where
> required.
>
> Nathan
>