topic DIFFERENCE in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference/m-p/2201285#M470366 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Experts,</P><P></P><P>What is the difference between read table and describe table</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:04:21 GMT Former Member 2007-04-22T04:04:21Z DIFFERENCE https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference/m-p/2201285#M470366 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Experts,</P><P></P><P>What is the difference between read table and describe table</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:04:21 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference/m-p/2201285#M470366 Former Member 2007-04-22T04:04:21Z Re: DIFFERENCE https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference/m-p/2201286#M470367 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Read table will give you a record from an internal table with specified conditions / index.</P><P></P><P>Describe table will provide you the attributes of internal table like number of records in an itab.</P><P></P><P>Sandeep</P><P>Reward if helpful <SPAN __jive_emoticon_name="happy"></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:21:34 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference/m-p/2201286#M470367 Former Member 2007-04-22T04:21:34Z Re: DIFFERENCE https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference/m-p/2201287#M470368 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Read table will return you the first record in the internal table that matches the condition, or the record of the index that you specify.</P><P></P><P>Describe table will return you 3 system variables</P><P>sy-tfill - number of rows</P><P>sy-tleng - length of a row in byttes and</P><P>sy-toccu - current value of accurs clause</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 22 Apr 2007 06:29:56 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference/m-p/2201287#M470368 Former Member 2007-04-22T06:29:56Z Re: DIFFERENCE https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference/m-p/2201288#M470369 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I Hope the above information is fully Sufficiant. Now you can reward points to them?</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 22 Apr 2007 06:38:43 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference/m-p/2201288#M470369 Former Member 2007-04-22T06:38:43Z