ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP − Release-Specific Changes → Changes in Release 6.20
Additions in Release 6.20
1. DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME for CONVERT TIME STAMP
2. AS PERSON TABLE for Infotypes
3. TO|FROM INTERNAL TABLE for EXPORT|IMPORT
4. CONNECTION for Open SQL
5. SOURCE for CALL TRANSFORMATION
6. VISIBLE LENGTH for SELECTION-SCREEN PUSHBUTTON
7. DISPLAY|MEMORY OFFSET for GET|SET CURSOR|LINE
Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54
Modification 1
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME for CONVERT TIME STAMP
The addition DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
dst has been added to the CONVERT TIME STAMP tst statement This
addition returns a flag in the data object dst that informs whether the time tst is within daylight saving (summer) time.
Modification 2
AS PERSON TABLE for Infotypes
This addition causes an internal table of personal data to be created when
Infotype nnnn is declared. The internal table receives
the name PPnnnn, unless this was specified explicitly with the NAME addition.
Modification 3
TO|FROM INTERNAL TABLE for EXPORT|IMPORT
The variant EXPORT ... TO INTERNAL
TABLE itab allows you to store cluster data in the internal table itab.
Using the variant IMPORT ... FROM INTERNAL TABLE itab you can reimport the data you stored.
Modification 4
CONNECTION for Open SQL
The CONNECTION addition
allows all Open SQL statements to use databases other than the standard database, as long as these databases are supported by SAP.
Modification 5
SOURCE for CALL TRANSFORMATION
The SOURCE addition allows the serialization of ABAP data and objects in a canonical
XML format, where the
SAP XSLT processor is directly connected to the serialization. The result of this
XSLT transformation can be displayed as an XML document or be converted back into ABAP data and objects.
Modification 6
VISIBLE LENGTH for SELECTION-SCREEN PUSHBUTTON
You can use this addition to change the visible length of pushbuttons for the SELECTION-SCREEN PUSHBUTTON statement.
Modification 7
DISPLAY|MEMORY OFFSET bei GET|SET CURSOR|LINE
During the list processing, you can specify in the statements GET CURSOR { FIELD f | LINE l
} and SET CURSOR { FIELD
f | LINE l} for the entry of OFFSET with the DISPLAY
or MEMORY additions, whether the column in the displayed list or the position in the list buffer is intended, and can be different in
Unicode systems. The DISPLAY addition is the standard and can be left out.