The automatic upgrade provides version identifiers for SAP ASE, databases, and log record formats.
Configuration upgrade version ID – shows the current version of SAP ASE; it is stored in the sysconfigures table. sp_configure displays the current version of SAP ASE as “upgrade version.”
Upgrade version indicator – shows the current version of a database and is stored in the database and dump headers. The SAP ASE recovery mechanism uses this value to determine whether the database should be upgraded before being made available for general use.
Log compatibility version specifier – differentiates logs from earlier and later versions of SAP ASE by showing the format of log records in a database, database dump, or transaction log dump. This constant is stored in the database and dump headers and is used by SAP ASE to detect the format of log records during recovery.