Integrating SAP with other applications

[multiplex77]

Hi,

I'm not an SAP programmer and know very little about SAP, but I'm looking to integrate my web application's database with the SAP database, particularly the employees table.

Which database does SAP use?
Is the SAP database open for interfacing with third party databases? (My application is using SQL Server 2000).
How can this be done?

I would greatly appreciate any information that would point me in the right direction. Thanks very much!

 

[DuffMan]

The best way to interface SAP is not to touch the database (it's very fragmented and not designed to be accessed directly) but instead to utilise the IDOCs that SAP itself uses.
I'm not familiar with the HR IDOCs (intermediate documents) as I used to be an MM ABAPer. If you look on

http://www.sapfans.com

I'm sure you'll find something you can use.

Good luck.

 

[ralphwiggum]

If you are familiar VB you should look into the SAP DCOM connector and BAPI's. There are some good books to help you learn, just search amazon for "SAP DCOM"