Why does data types differ in Domain level and program level?

former_member664739 — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 15:00:02 GMT

Re: Why does data types differ in Domain level and program level?

lutzi3 — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 15:48:55 GMT

There is not a real difference. The mapping between ABAP and Domain is here:

ABAP-Type -> Dictionary-Type

b, s, i, int8 maps to -> INT1, INT2, INT4, INT8
p maps to -> DEC (acc. length and decimals)
decfloat16, decfloat34 map to -> DF16_RAW, DF34_RAW
f maps to -> FLTP
c maps to -> CHAR (acc. length)
n maps to -> NUMC (acc. length)
d maps to -> DATS
t maps to -> TIMS
x maps to -> RAW (acc. length)

I think the different naming comes from the history: domains were used in the context of data base tables first and had to provide types which could be used in these data bases.

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Why does data types differ in Domain level and program level?

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