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

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 Infotypes nnnn is declared. The internal table receives the name PPnnnn, unless it was explicitly specified using 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 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.