topic Re: OO ABAP Help in Application Development and Automation Discussions

OO ABAP Help

Former Member — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:19:19 GMT

Hi Experts,

I can't figure out how to do the following:

Pass an internal table to a ABAP Method by reference

In the Method, use the internal table data to do a SELECT FROM INTO TABLE FOR ALL ENTRIES WHERE.

The internal table I'm passing can have different structure but will always have the fields used in the WHERE clause.

I've tried typing it "Table" in the method parameters but then I can't use the field name in the WHERE clause since it's not explicitly defined. I could loop thru the table using field symbols and recreate the table but that defeats the purpose. I might as well do the SELECT outside of the method and pass the end result to the Class.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you,

Dae

Re: OO ABAP Help

UmaArjunan — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:13:13 GMT

Hi Dae,

Can you check the below threads :

http://scn.sap.com/message/14024306

http://scn.sap.com/thread/3337943

Re: OO ABAP Help

arindam_m — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:18:35 GMT

Hi,

Have you done something like shown in the screenshot for using as reference Check the entry ET_KEYVALUE that should pass an internal table to a ABAP Method by reference, I got confused on the below statement

I've tried typing it "Table" in the method parameters but then I can't use the field name in the WHERE clause since it's not explicitly defined.

Can you clarify a bit more.

Cheers,
Arindam

Re: OO ABAP Help

RaymondGiuseppi — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:14:06 GMT

You could define a local structured internal table in the method with only the field(s) required for the SELECT statement. At start of method use a LOOP ASSIGNING a ANY TYPE field-symbols then assign the component required to another FIELD-SYMBOLS of the required type and append it to the local internal table. Use this local internal table in the FOR ALL ENTRIES clause.

Regards,

Raymond

Re: OO ABAP Help

Former Member — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:40:05 GMT

FIELD-SYMBOLS: <l_i_ref> TYPE STANDARD TABLE.

DATA: i_tab TYPE t_tab,

ASSIGN i_temp TO <l_i_ref>.

SELECT matnr

maktx

FROM z_table

INTO TABLE i_tab

FOR ALL ENTRIES IN <l_i_ref>

WHERE (matnr EQ <l_i_ref>-matnr ).

Re: OO ABAP Help

matt — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:54:32 GMT

Exactly as in the links posted by Uma Arjunan.

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