My app sends lots and lots of data to SAP. To di this, it builds up an SAP table object and sends it over. I get this error somewhat regularly, but not reliably: System exception thrown while marshaling .NET type 20081219 to RFCTYPE_BCD at SAP.Connector.Rfc.RfcMarshal.NetFieldToRfcField(Object src, RFCTYPE type, Encoding encoding, By...
How do I get the row count of an internal table? I guess that I can loop on it. But there must be a saner way. I don't know if it makes a difference but the code should run on 4.6c version. ...
For testing purposes I need my abap program to wait for few seconds. How can this be done? Thanks. ...
There are parameters that I would not want to be transfered from production environment to qa. Staff like network path and url's. The problem is that in sap abap everything is in the database and when the database is copied to the qa system you have to manually change those parameters. And this is prone to errors. Is there a way to stor...
My company is planning to implement SAP HR in our organsization. We already have the other modules running. We plan to offer ESS/MSS to approximatly 200 000 users. Our current configuration is one machine with a Central Instance and 3 machines with Dialogue Instances. The DB is on the Central Instance machine. Enterprise Portal + DB is r...
I've been working with applications interfacing with SAP via a web service for a little while now and I want to get into programming the BAPI's behind the web services as well. My company has been using a SAP consultant for the BAPI programming and I'd like to move into filling that role also. I have a decent amount of experience with t...
I'm working as a MS developer working to provide bridging products between MS technology and SAP. I'm used to the MS space which seems to have an absolutely different philosophy than SAP. And this is starting to be an issue - I can't "get" SAP. So, what are good materials to "grok" SAP? - understand why people buy it, how it is used fr...
I work in a large company, and I'm interested in best practices for internal security standards. We have a large ($500 million +) investment in SAP, and we also have .Net and a bit of JEE in our internal environment. I've found some documentation from MS and SAP, but it's outdated and not very specific. So far, it looks like we could e...
Since upgrading from 4.7 to ECC6 the ABAP compiler has become a lot stricter on the use of certain statements in the OO context. For instance you're not allowed to use the statement LIKE, but in stead have to use TYPE and internal tables does not have an implicit header line, etc. These restrictions are explained in greater detail here...
I have completed MCA (Master of Computer Applications) last year. Now working as a Jr. .Net Programmer in a small IT company. But I am not satisfied with my current position. I want something better than this. My educational record is good. But I haven't faced a single interview in last 5 months. So there is no hope to get a better oppo...
SAP announced Blue Ruby, a version of Ruby that runs inside the ABAP Virtual Machine. This seems to lend additional credibility to the Ruby language but, except for SAP developers, does this have any applicability to the rest of the Ruby community? I'm just wondering what other significance this may have. Additional job opportunities,...
Has anyone had experience with the OpenSyncro EAI platform and/or Smilehouse eCommerce with SAP BusinessOne? My company is looking at it as a possible solution for improving our online ecommerce solution. Any input would be helpful. ...
We are considering whether we should propose using Theobald Software's ERPConnector tool to give our .NET code a way of talking to SAP RFC. Has anyone got any experience using these together? ...
What is the use of edi - gentran ? what is called mapping in gentran? ...
Hi, Today's market is crazy. Most of the employers are looking for seniors and there are very little Junior positions if there are some at all. I want to work with SAP because it is a broad area however I am finding a difficulty in learning anything about it as it is a closed platform. Is there any way to learn about SAP and use it as...
Which Web Service platform to choose and why? On the Oracle db host we have also access to Informatica ... The amount of data to transfer is minimal - e.g. low cost solution will be appreciated The first combination which came to mind was GlassFish + Hibernate ...
Hi, I have been offered by my employer to work on SAP Business Objects to analyse large amount of data they have. I have the following doubts before I could accept that: a. I love programming and do not want to lose touch with it. Do you think working on this tool would excite a person who loves building software? Or Is it like most p...
Hi I have two years of dotnet development experience . I am trying to move into SAP. Whats the best to opt for in Netweaver i.e Java or ABAP or there are any opportunities for this on dotnet platform. Which should be most promising for future. Googling I came to know Java is giving a backseat to ABAP. Do comment. Regards SJ ...
I have next two servers: Solaris 8, Oracle 8.1.7, SAP 46C installed and working for production Solaris 10, Oracle 10 with NO SAP but with 40% more of the capacity than previous server I will install and configure SAP ECC 6.0 in ServerTo and will transfer all data from 46C. Under this scenario I would like to know if the next generic ...
Hi everybody, outside the ABAP-world there is a large number of tools available, both commercial and open source, that support the continuous integration within software projects. One part of theses tools it to execute any available unit test after each commit to the source code. The code inspector (SCI) within SE80 basically can do som...