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Itab

Former Member — Wed, 09 May 2007 05:53:43 GMT

Itab like ekko and itab like table of ekko ...

what is the diff between these two?

Re: Itab

hymavathi_oruganti — Wed, 09 May 2007 05:55:13 GMT

one will be work area and other will be table.

if we decalre

itab like line of ekko----

it will be work area

itab type table of ekko----

it will be table.

Re: Itab

Former Member — Wed, 09 May 2007 05:56:12 GMT

hi,

chk this.

REPORT  ZTYPES                                                  .

* Table declaration (old method)
DATA: BEGIN OF tab_ekpo OCCURS 0,             "itab with header line
  ebeln TYPE ekpo-ebeln,
  ebelp TYPE ekpo-ebelp,
 END OF tab_ekpo.

*Table declaration (new method)     "USE THIS WAY!!!
TYPES: BEGIN OF t_ekpo,
  ebeln TYPE ekpo-ebeln,
  ebelp TYPE ekpo-ebelp,
 END OF t_ekpo.

DATA: it_ekpo TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF t_ekpo INITIAL SIZE 0,      "itab
      wa_ekpo TYPE t_ekpo.                    "work area (header line)

* Build internal table and work area from existing internal table
DATA: it_datatab LIKE tab_ekpo OCCURS 0,      "old method
      wa_datatab LIKE LINE OF tab_ekpo.

* Build internal table and work area from existing internal table,
* adding additional fields

TYPES: BEGIN OF t_repdata.
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE tab_ekpo.  "could include EKKO table itself!!
TYPES: bukrs  TYPE ekpo-werks,
       bstyp  TYPE ekpo-bukrs.
TYPES: END OF t_repdata.

DATA: it_repdata TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF t_repdata INITIAL SIZE 0,   "itab
      wa_repdata TYPE t_repdata.                 "work area (header line)

Regards

Reshma

Re: Itab

Former Member — Wed, 09 May 2007 05:57:37 GMT

Hi Balu,

Itab like ekko creates a table having structure ekko.

whereas itab like line of ekko is having <b>line type</b> of that particular table.

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Rewards,

Hemant

Re: Itab

former_member675247 — Wed, 09 May 2007 06:00:58 GMT

hi,

statement

itab like ekko

creates a work area of the type ekko

whereas, statement

itab like table of ekko

creates an internal table with the line type of table ekko.

Regards,

Navdeep

Re: Itab

Former Member — Wed, 09 May 2007 06:02:40 GMT

Hi balu,

If you use

itab like ekko, then it will be a workarea.

itab like table of ekko, then it will be a table.

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Regards

Sayee

Re: Itab

Former Member — Wed, 09 May 2007 06:08:36 GMT

itab like ekko ====== it will be work area which can be reused for any internal tables with out header line

itab type table of ekko ====== it will be table with headerline having same structure of ekko.it cant be used for storing records of other tables like ekpo,makt....

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Re: Itab

Former Member — Wed, 09 May 2007 06:16:11 GMT

hi,

itab like ekko means .internal table is like workarea ekko.

itab like table ekko means.it is referring to internal table ekko.

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