FOR iteration with inline declaration

former_member38721 — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 13:22:05 GMT

I recently came across the requirement to copy certain items of an internal table, inline declared in an select statement, to another.

First I thought I might use the FILTER statement. Turns out I can't find a syntax to inline declare the table in a way filtering can be used (only SORTED or HASHED tables).

Ok so next try: FOR iteration. Resulting in:
No type can be derived from the context for the operator "VALUE".

First I thought its related to the inline declaration within the select statement for lt_workcenter.
Turns out its not. More likely its because the FOR iteration does not provide a proper typing like WITH EMPTY KEY at least not in ABAP 750?

Or am I missing something here?

Example:

    SELECT crhd~objty,
           crhd~objid,
           crhd~arbpl,
           crhd~werks,
           crtx~ktext
      INTO TABLE @DATA(lt_workcenter)
      FROM crhd LEFT OUTER JOIN crtx ON  crhd~objty = crtx~objty
                                     AND crhd~objid = crtx~objid
      WHERE crhd~werks IN @mr_werks
        AND crhd~matyp =  '0004' 
        AND crtx~spras =  @sy-langu.

    DATA(lt_workcenter_nodesc) = VALUE #( FOR <fs> IN lt_workcenter WHERE ( ktext = '' ) ( fs> ) ).

Re: FOR iteration with inline declaration

Sandra_Rossi — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:30:00 GMT

The issue is with DATA(lt_workcenter_nodesc) = VALUE #(...):

# means that the compiler has to deduce the type for lt_workcenter_nodesc, and this is never possible if the target type is an internal table, because it could be standard, sorted or hashed, and the key is not defined too.

Solution: you must explicitly define the type:

SELECT ... INTO TABLE @DATA(lt_workcenter) ...
TYPES tt_workcenter LIKE lt_workcenter.
DATA(lt_workcenter_nodesc) = VALUE tt_workcenter( ... ).

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