SAPGUI 7.20 PL4: Input history is not working

[walter_haslbeck]

Hello,

we're on the way to roll out SAPGUI 7.20 PL4. Now I discoverd a serious bug: Local input history isn't working anymore.

I switched on tracing on SAPGUI to see whats wrong, an the cause is simple: SAPGUI uses comma (,) instead of dot (.) in the generated SQL command for the local MicrosoftJet Database engine. So here is a excerpt from the trace log:

Local DB: CSapHistoryDb::GetHistoryList: SO_VBELN-LOW

Local DB(Error): CSapHistoryDb::GetHistoryList: Microsoft JET Database Engine Syntaxfehler (Komma) in Abfrageausdruck '(HistFieldname = "SO_VBELN-LOW") AND (HistTime >= 40478,353102)'.

Local DB(Error): CSapHistoryDb::GetHistoryList: Microsoft JET Database Engine Syntaxfehler (Komma) in Abfrageausdruck '(HistFieldname = "SO_VBELN-LOW") AND (HistTime >= 40478,353102)'

So, I know the bug, I know the case. Whats next step? Is the bug already known to SAP and fixed in the next release or should I open an support case?

Walter

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I had this Problem after installing Adobe Reader X (10). After viewing a PDF, the History was gone until I restarted the SAPGUI.

Btw I am from Germany too. I got this Note as Solution from SAP Support:

https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/867131

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If the registry value "UseDot" is set to 1 under the path:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SAP\SAPGUI front\SAP Frontend Server\LocalData, the comma symbol in SQL statement will be replaced with the dot. This should prevent the SQL execution error.

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It is an old note, but it worked.

Volker

[walter_haslbeck · Accepted solution]

Thanks Volker, setting that RegKey fixed the problem for us.