If you can't possibly access the entire app to fix all the source code, it may indeed mean to use a "high date". But I agree: 31/12/2099 is too short. Personally, I go for 31/12/4012. But that's just me. :) Cheers Nuno Souto nsouto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Niall Litchfield" <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> > true. But that doesn't mean you can use December 31st 2099 to mean no > end date recorded either... > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l