ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP - Release-Specific Changes → Changes in Release 6.20
Additions in Release 6.20
1. DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME in CONVERT TIME STAMP
2. AS PERSON TABLE in infotypes
3. TO|FROM INTERNAL TABLE in EXPORT|IMPORT
4. CONNECTION in Open SQL
5. SOURCE in CALL TRANSFORMATION
6. VISIBLE LENGTH in SELECTION-SCREEN PUSHBUTTON
7. DISPLAY|MEMORY OFFSET in GET|SET CURSOR|LINE
Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54
Modification 1
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME in CONVERT TIME STAMP
The addition DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
dst has been added to the statement CONVERT TIME STAMP tst. This
provides a flag in data object dst that indicates whether the time tst is within the summer time.
Modification 2
AS PERSON TABLE in infotypes
This addition creates an internal table of personal data when
infotype nnnn is declared. The internal table is given
the name PPnnnn, unless this was specified explicitly using the addition NAME.
Modification 3
TO|FROM INTERNAL TABLE in EXPORT|IMPORT
The variant EXPORT ... TO INTERNAL
TABLE itab enables cluster data to be saved in the internal table itab.
The variant IMPORT ... FROM INTERNAL TABLE itab can be used to read this repository again.
Modification 4
CONNECTION in Open SQL
The addition CONNECTION enables all
Open SQL statements to use databases other than the standard database. The alternative database systems must be supported by SAP.
Modification 5
SOURCE in CALL TRANSFORMATION
The addition SOURCE enables ABAP data and objects to be serialized in a canonical
XML format, where the
SAP XSLT processor has a direct interface to the serializer. The result of this
XSLT transformation can be produced as XML data or be converted back into ABAP data and objects.
Modification 6
VISIBLE LENGTH in SELECTION-SCREEN PUSHBUTTON
This addition can be used to change the visible length of pushbuttons for the statement SELECTION-SCREEN PUSHBUTTON.
Modification 7
DISPLAY|MEMORY OFFSET in GET|SET CURSOR|LINE
When OFFSET is specified with the additions DISPLAY
or MEMORY in list processing, the statements GET CURSOR { FIELD f | LINE l
} and SET CURSOR { FIELD
f | LINE l} can be used to specify whether the column in the displayed list or the position in the list buffer is intended. (This can be different in
Unicode systems.) The addition DISPLAY is the standard and can be omitted.