ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP - Release-Specific Changes
Changes Before Release 3.0
Changes were made in the following areas before development of SAP Basis Release 3.0 started:
1. Country-specific decimal point and date representation
2. Lists as modal dialog boxes
3. Line width per list/list level
4. New language element DESCRIBE LIST
5. Cross-client ABAP SQL
6. Cross-client EXPORT/IMPORT
Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54
Modification 1
Country-Specific Decimal Point and Date Representation
The new language element
SET COUNTRY allows the decimal point and date representation for all subsequent output
(WRITE) to be modified.
Modification 2
Lists as Modal Dialog Boxes
Lists can now be sent as modal dialog boxes, if formatted using LEAVE TO LIST-PROCESSING in standalone
dynpros that
(a) ... have the appropriate attribute set in the dynpro attributes.
(b) ... are called using CALL SCREEN
(more precisely using the addition ... STARTING AT ... ENDING AT).
Modification 3
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Modification 4
New Language Element DESCRIBE LIST
Previously,
DESCRIBE could be used to describe the attributes of fields, structures, and internal tables.
This is now also possible for lists using DESCRIBE LIST.
Modification 5
Cross-Client ABAP SQL
Table can now be accessed in any client using the addition
CLIENT SPECIFIED with the ABAP SQL language elements
SELECT,
UPDATE, and DELETE.
Modification 6
Cross-Client EXPORT/IMPORT
The addition CLIENT of the language elements
EXPORT ... TO DATABASE, IMPORT ... FROM DATABASE,
and DELETE FROM DATABASE can now be used for cross-client access to appropriate client-specific cluster databases.