SAP JCO 3.1.11 > Last Java supported version ?

[Florent_Palcy]

Hello,

I contact you because we are installing a SAP JCO 3.1.11 on some our Windows server.

I checked the following link : SAP Java Connector
And this SAP Note : 2786882 - SAP JCo 3.1 release and support strategy

I saw the last Java version supported is 21, but there are a lot of new versions of Java available now, 22 and 23...
Is it mandatory to use Java 21 or can we use the most recent version ?

Regards,

Florent Palcy

AR Company

[MarkusTolksdorf]

Hi @Florent_Palcy, 

the note states pretty clear which versions SAP supports for JCo. The latest version is Java 21 with SapMachine 21 and IBM Semeru Runtime Certified Edition, Version 21, depending on the platform, which ones are supported. General strategy is that we do support only LTS versions of Java. And 22 and 23 are no LTS versions.

Best regards,
Markus

[HAL9000]

Most likely, Java versions 22 and 23 will technically work as well. However, SAP did not test JCo in these environments, and you won't get official SAP support for such scenarios, in case that there is an issue with your solution.