topic Re: Overwrite doument SO_OJECT_INSERT in Application Development and Automation Discussions

Overwrite doument SO_OJECT_INSERT

former_member669968 — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 17:24:21 GMT

Hi,

How do I use SO_OBJECT_INSERT to overwrite document which has exact same name.

Shruti

Re: Overwrite doument SO_OJECT_INSERT

Sandra_Rossi — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:00:45 GMT

Sorry, but you shouldn't use this function module as SAP never released it. If you want to attach a file to a business object (?), you could use SO_DOCUMENT_INSERT_API1. But I don't understand why it wouldn't accept a file with same name, could you tell us more?

Re: Overwrite doument SO_OJECT_INSERT

former_member669968 — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:03:43 GMT

It does accept file with same name. But even though file name is same it does not overwrite and create new attachment with same name.

Re: Overwrite doument SO_OJECT_INSERT

Sandra_Rossi — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 05:52:39 GMT

Oh sorry. No, it's for creation, not for overwriting, it's not like file upload/download in a file system, every SAPoffice document has its own unique ID, which is a kind of auto-incremented number, its unique ID is not its name. Consequently, you must do it differently: read all attachments of the business object (search SCN to get examples, for instance search CL_BINARY_RELATION), get the ID of the one with same file name, delete it (SO_DOCUMENT_DELETE_API1), and insert the new document.