Learn about DB-Library™ compatibility with Client-Library issues.
DB-Library compatibility issues include:
Support for new features in SAP Open Client or SAP Adaptive Server have been made primarily to the Client-Library API. This includes support for LDAP, SSL, high availability failover, bulk-copies into DOL tables, and so on. For this reason, SAP recommends that you create all new applications using the Client-Library API. You may also need to migrate, to Client-Library, older applications written in DB-Library that can be run against SAP Adaptive Servers that offer newer technology.
Support for new features are not added to the DB-Library.
Although DB-Library and Client-Library calls can exist in the same application, SAP does not test or certify combining the two different APIs. If you must use the two APIs together, ensure that the libraries are not only at the same major release level but also at the same ESD level.
For help on converting a DB-Library application to a Client-Library application, see the Open Client Client-Library Migration Guide.