Not a dump question at all. about 20 years ago I developed a change management system for the organization I worked for. One of the functions the product did was to scan for this kind of numeric constants. I don't have access to the code, but if you want a short description how to write it in Rexx, please contact me priestly,
ITschak On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Ron Hawkins <[email protected]>wrote: > Tim, > > I'd probably dump all that and use SAS, but I'm a bigot for powerful > analysis tools. > > Ron > > > > > The Y2K-inspired scanners and their progeny (examples: WebSphere Studio > > Asset Analyzer, Rational Asset Analyzer) would seem to be very good > choices > > for sifting through application source code and looking for variables, > > column names, and other application-related artifacts that resemble > credit > > card numbers. (And that could be very useful in an audit.) I tend to > think > > these tools would be less adept at sifting through generic databases and > > files on a systemwide basis, but it's possible they would be a good > match. > > > > Products like File Manager and File-AID seem somewhat relevant. However, > I > > think I'd also look at something in the IBM Optim family. (In Optim > > parlance this is known as "e-discovery" functionality). > > > > I also think of products like DFSORT and Syncsort, which are tools that > are > > good at parsing things -- a core competency for this type of inspection. > > SAFR might also be relevant, and it is very good at "needles in a > gigantic > > haystack" sort of work, including making sense of even tape-based data. > > (SAFR is already being used for some of the more interesting, urgent, and > > gigantic audits in the global financial crisis.) > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
