> Meanwhile I found out, that the old Perl interface 
> SAP::DBTech::sapdb is 
> still included in the sapdb-scriptif-7.3.0.29-1.i386.rpm 
> package. This 
> interface excepts INTERNAL date/time values!
> 
> I know that this interface is no longer supported, but can I 
> consider it 
> as stable? Our initial tests have been quite promising...

It hasn't been touched in a while. There seemed to be problems when using it with a 
connection pool. And a memory leak has been reported as well. So it's probably only 
suited for simple batch scripts. Of course the source is still available ...

Another possibility might be to subclass the DBD::ODBC classes. If you get enough 
information  about statement parameters and cursors, then it could be possible to 
convert TIME and DATE values between INTERNAL and ISO inside the driver. This doesn't 
help with date literals inside SQL.

> PS: Is there any chance the ODBC driver will support 
> different date/time 
> formats in the future?

I don't think so.

Daniel Dittmar

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Daniel Dittmar
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