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an error message using DESCRIBE FIELD

Former Member — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:56:26 GMT

DESCRIBE FIELD MAKT-MATNR LENGTH MNR_LNG .

that line off code gives me an error message:

In Unicode, DESCRIBE LENGTH can only be used with the IN BYTE MODE or IN CHARACTER MODE addition.

can anyone else provide me an explanation and solution..thanks

Re: an error message using DESCRIBE FIELD

Former Member — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:02:46 GMT

see the below example.

DATA: text TYPE c LENGTH 1,

blen TYPE i,

clen TYPE i,

bytes TYPE i.

DESCRIBE FIELD text LENGTH blen IN BYTE MODE.

i used this code works fine. Try this one.

Rgds,

Kiran

Re: an error message using DESCRIBE FIELD

Former Member — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:04:04 GMT

do like this...

DESCRIBE FIELD MAKT-MATNR LENGTH MNR_LNG in CHARACTER MODE.

Try F1...

If u r not able to find answer Search SDN before u post...

Edited by: Veeranji Reddy on May 20, 2009 1:35 PM

Re: an error message using DESCRIBE FIELD

Sm1tje — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:04:15 GMT

Well, the solution would be to add IN CHARACTER MODE.

F1 help on DESCRIBE.

Re: an error message using DESCRIBE FIELD

SuhaSaha — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:05:40 GMT

Hello,

You want to have the length of the field MAKT-MATNR. Then you can use the function STRLEN.

DATA:
MNR_LNG TYPE I.

MNR_LNG = STRLEN(MAKT-MATNR).

Else as suggested you have to use the addition IN CHARACTER MODE with DESCRIBE FIELD.

Depends on your requirement.

Hope this helps !!

BR,

Suhas

Re: an error message using DESCRIBE FIELD

Former Member — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:15:51 GMT

i've did exactly what you've told..

same error still occurs..

Re: an error message using DESCRIBE FIELD

Former Member — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:25:25 GMT

hi suhas,

does the STRLEN function has the same outcome as DESCRIBE FIELD?

if it does, i can use STRLEN as a replacement instead.

thanks

soo hing

Re: an error message using DESCRIBE FIELD

former_member282823 — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:28:22 GMT

Hi,

just try like this, I had check it and it is not throwing any error.

{ DESCRIBE FIELD MAKT-MATNR LENGTH MNR_LNG in byte mode. }

Regards,

Ramesh.

Re: an error message using DESCRIBE FIELD

Former Member — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:35:35 GMT

Try this statement,i think it will works

DESCRIBE FIELD MAKT-MATNR LENGTH MNR_LNG IN BYTE MODE.

Re: an error message using DESCRIBE FIELD

Former Member — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:43:26 GMT

Hi,

When you are using descirbe statement u have to user either charcter mode or binary mode in Unicode.