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Since problems with CPQ/NYSE (Compaq) were discussed in a thread
in December, I thought I would post the latest from Omega, which
was in response to a follow-up inquiry I recently sent to Omega
tech support.
In response to my further question about when the patch would
be available, I got the standard answer on the Y2K patch which
all omega-list readers have seen before:
"The Company expects to offer, on or before June 30, 1999 ...."
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 18:17:41 -0600
From: "J. Rodney Grisham" <grisham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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To: Melody Blais <Melody.Blais@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Errors in CPQ data
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Melody Blais wrote:
>
> Dear Mr. Grisham,
>
> The problem with collecting data on CPQ is that Citicorp uses the same
> symbol, CpQ, for their preferred, Q series stock symbol. This problem
> presented itself when Citicorp took over the symbol C, which occurred in
> early December, 1998. BMI uses the lower case p to identify preferred
> stocks. The Omega Server is not case sensitive and as such does not
> differentiate between the upper and lower case p. When data is transmitted
> and collected for CpQ it is stored for CPQ.
>
> Omega Research, Inc. will include a fix for this in the Year 2000 patch. The
> fix will ensure that data for lower case letter symbols will not be stored
> in upper case letter symbols.
>
> TradeStation 2000 is case sensitive so this will not be an issue.
Thanks for the info. That's an interesting combination of
circumstances to cause the symptom observed.
So when can I follow CPQ (Compaq) with Tradestation? In other
words, when will the Y2K patch be available?
Rod Grisham
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