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Read File From A Different Server

Former Member — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:56:47 GMT

Hello Friends,

We have a file (.txt) sitting in a server (not the application server) and there is a requirement to read data from this file into R/3. Manually, one needs a username and password to access this file as the server in which it resides is connected to a network. Now, what are my options? How can I do this? Please let me know!

Thanks,

Sam

Re: Read File From A Different Server

Former Member — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:59:03 GMT

If the server has FTP capability, you could connect via FTP to get the file and place it on the application server. Another option is to have the folder in which the file resides NFS mounted to your app server, the the file is visible to your ABAP program and can be processed using OPEN/READ/CLOSE DATASET.

Re: Read File From A Different Server

Former Member — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:56:27 GMT

Thanks for your reply - I have to try that! Well, I could have used GUI_UPLOAD (since the server is connected to the network) but it needs username/password to access the server/file.

Re: Read File From A Different Server

abdul_hakim — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:01:33 GMT

why don't u copy the file into some folder manually.

Bcoz GUI_UPLOAD has no parameters to specify the username and password..

Cheers,

Abdul Hakim

Re: Read File From A Different Server

Former Member — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:55:02 GMT

This is not a one time process. We might have to do this frequently

Re: Read File From A Different Server

abdul_hakim — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:02:36 GMT

you can only access the file using either GUI_UPLOAD or OPEN DATASET or (FTP faciliy if one exists) in ABAP.

Cheers,

Abdul Hakim