topic Datatype for XML string in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/datatype-for-xml-string/m-p/8511780#M1654951 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dear all,</P><P></P><P>Can any one tell me what datatype i should use for the XML string as the string size is very very large.</P><P></P><P>I want to use the datatype in my function and in table. </P><P></P><P>Can anyone help me out with this??</P><P></P><P>Thanks in Adavance.</P><P></P><P></P><P>Regards.</P><P>R.B.Ojha</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:47:01 GMT Former Member 2012-01-26T07:47:01Z Datatype for XML string https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/datatype-for-xml-string/m-p/8511780#M1654951 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dear all,</P><P></P><P>Can any one tell me what datatype i should use for the XML string as the string size is very very large.</P><P></P><P>I want to use the datatype in my function and in table. </P><P></P><P>Can anyone help me out with this??</P><P></P><P>Thanks in Adavance.</P><P></P><P></P><P>Regards.</P><P>R.B.Ojha</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:47:01 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/datatype-for-xml-string/m-p/8511780#M1654951 Former Member 2012-01-26T07:47:01Z Re: Datatype for XML string https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/datatype-for-xml-string/m-p/8511781#M1654952 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>STRING is the perfect data type for this matter, memory consumption is dynamic based on the actual length, please see ABAP documentation in this respect.</P><P>What makes you think otherwise?</P><P>Thomas</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:22:21 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/datatype-for-xml-string/m-p/8511781#M1654952 ThomasZloch 2012-01-26T09:22:21Z Re: Datatype for XML string https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/datatype-for-xml-string/m-p/8511782#M1654953 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for your reply,</P><P></P><P>I have created a table with a column with the data type as string and was trying to store the the value manually but it was storing the value upto 1031 only. that why asked.</P><P></P><P>So as a alternative i have created a datatype of string with length as 99999 which is max. </P><P></P><P>Can you please guide me.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:01:19 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/datatype-for-xml-string/m-p/8511782#M1654953 Former Member 2012-01-26T11:01:19Z Re: Datatype for XML string https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/datatype-for-xml-string/m-p/8511783#M1654954 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>try XSTRING</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:13:01 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/datatype-for-xml-string/m-p/8511783#M1654954 Former Member 2012-01-26T11:13:01Z