topic Re: TABLES: *ZTABLE. in Application Development and Automation Discussions

TABLES: *ZTABLE.

Former Member — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:34:24 GMT

Hi,

I'm new to ABAP and hopefully someone can help me by explaining what is the actual intended usage of the above statement?

Basically what is the main difference between these 2 statements below

1. TABLES *ZTABLE; and

2. TABLES ZTABLE?

Thanks in advance.

Rgds,

Michael M. Woo

Re: TABLES: *ZTABLE.

Peter_Inotai — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:47:26 GMT

It just another internal table with different name.

In SAP standard programs normally it's used for the following purpose:

In change mode in ZTABLE you have the old values, in the *ZTABLE you have the new values, what the user entered, so the program can compare if anything was changed or not.

Peter

Re: TABLES: *ZTABLE.

Former Member — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:51:14 GMT

Hello Peter / Michael,

There is a slight correction that I must like to make here.

The TABLES statement does not create an internal table. It merely creates a work-area whose structure is defined in the ABAP dictionary.

Regards,

Anand Mandalika.

Re: TABLES: *ZTABLE.

Peter_Inotai — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:56:04 GMT

Sorry, you're right...

(I didn't use TABLES statement recently as it's not allowed in ABAP OO.)

Peter