topic Re: SY-SUBRC in Application Development and Automation Discussions

SY-SUBRC

Former Member — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:05:00 GMT

Why there is 0 instead of other number representing the successful return of the code result for the syst variable sy-subrc.

Rgrds

Re: SY-SUBRC

Former Member — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:06:56 GMT

SY-SUBRC

Return value set by the following ABAP statements. In general, a content of 0 means that the statement was executed without problems.

· ASSIGNsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if assignment to field symbol is possible, otherwise 4.

· ASSIGN dref->* sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if dereferencing is possible, otherwise 4.

· AUTHORITY-CHECK sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the user has the necessary authorization, otherwise 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, or 36 depending on the cause.

· CALL DIALOG with USING sets SY-SUBRC to 0, if processing was successful, otherwise <>0.

· CALL FUNCTION sets SY-SUBRC according to the exception handling.

· CALL METHOD sets SY-SUBRC according to the exception handling.

· CALL SELECTION-SCREEN sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the user chose Enter or Execute and 4 if the user chose Cancel.

· CALL TRANSACTION with USING sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if processing was successful, otherwise <>0.

· CATCH SYSTEM-EXCEPTIONS sets SY-SUBRC if there are runtime errors after the ENDCATCH statement. The value is specified in the program.

· COMMIT WORK sets SY-SUBRC to 0.

· COMMIT WORK AND WAIT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if update was successful, otherwise <>0.

· COMMUNICATION INIT DESTINATION … RETURNCODE sets SY-SUBRC as specified.

· CONCATENATE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the result fits into target variable, otherwise 4.

· CREATE OBJECT sets SY-SUBRC if the exceptions of the instance constructor are handled.

· CREATE OBJECT in OLE2 sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if an external object was created, otherwise 1,2, 3 with different causes.

· DELETEsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 4 or <> 0 depending on cause.

· DEMAND … MESSAGES INTO sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if a message table is empty, otherwise <> 0.

· DESCRIBE LIST sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if row or list exists, otherwise 4 or 8.

· EXEC SQL - ENDEXEC sets SY-SUBRC to 0 in almost all cases. Only if no set was read with FETCH is SY-SUBRC 4.

· FETCHsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if at least one row was read, otherwise 4.

· GENERATE SUBROUTINE POOL sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if generation was successful, otherwise 8.

· GET CURSOR sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the cursor is correctly positioned, otherwise 4.

· GET PARAMETER sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if value found in SAP Memory, otherwise 4.

· IMPORTsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if import of data objects was successful, otherwise 4.

· INSERTsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 4.

· LOAD REPORT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 4 or 8 depending on cause.

· LOOPsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if loop over extract was passed at least once, otherwise 4.

· LOOP ATsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if loop over internal table was passed at least once, otherwise 4.

· MODIFYsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 4.

· MODIFY LINE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if list row was changed, otherwise <> 0.

· MODIFYsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 4.

· OLE2 automation, bundled commands set SY-SUBRC to 0 if all were successfully executed, otherwise 1, 2, 3, 4 depending on cause.

· OPEN DATASET sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the file was opened, otherwise 8.

· Open SQL commands set SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise <>0.

· OVERLAYsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if at least one character is overlayed, otherwise 4.

· READ DATASET sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the read operation was successful, otherwise 4 or 8 depending on cause.

· READ LINE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if list row exists, otherwise <> 0.

· READ TABLE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the table row was found, otherwise 2, 4, 8 depending on cause.

· REPLACEsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if search string could be replaced, otherwise <> 0.

· ROLLBACK WORK always sets SY-SUBRC to 0.

· SCROLLsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if scrolling in list successful, otherwise 4 or 8 depending on cause.

· SEARCHsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if search string was found, otherwise 4.

· SELECTsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if at least one row was read, otherwise 4 or even 8 with SELECT SINGLE FOR UPDATE.

· SET COUNTRY sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if country ID was found in table T005X, otherwise 4.

· SET BITsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if bit was set, otherwise <> 0.

· SET TITLEBAR sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if title exists, otherwise 4.

· SHIFT … UP TO sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if position was found in character string, otherwise 4.

· SPLITsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if size of target fields is sufficient, otherwise 4.

· UPDATEsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation successful, otherwise 4.

· WRITE … TO sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if assignment successful, otherwise 4.

Re: SY-SUBRC

Former Member — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:09:55 GMT

Hi,

Any Value other than 0 (zero) represents an error in execution of the code. So to differentiate between Succesful Execution and Failure they might have put 0 for success code.

awrd points if useful

Bhupal

Re: SY-SUBRC

Former Member — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:10:32 GMT

It is defined by SAP, that if sy-subrc eq 0.

Re: SY-SUBRC

Former Member — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:12:21 GMT

Hi,

In general, a content of 0 means that the statement was executed without problems.

For your information,

Return value set by the following ABAP statements. In general, a content of 0 means that the statement was executed without problems.

ASSIGN sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if assignment to field symbol is possible, otherwise 4.

ASSIGN <dref>->* sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if dereferencing is possible, otherwise 4.

AUTHORITY-CHECK sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the user has the necessary authorization, otherwise 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, or 36 depending on the cause.

CALL DIALOG with USING sets SY-SUBRC to 0, if processing was successful, otherwise 0.

CALL FUNCTION sets SY-SUBRC according to the exception handling.

CALL METHOD sets SY-SUBRC according to the exception handling.

CALL SELECTION-SCREEN sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the user chose Enter or Execute and 4 if the user chose Cancel.

CALL TRANSACTION with USING sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if processing was successful, otherwise 0.

CATCH SYSTEM-EXCEPTIONS sets SY-SUBRC if there are runtime errors after the ENDCATCH statement. The value is specified in the program.

COMMIT WORK sets SY-SUBRC to 0.

COMMIT WORK AND WAIT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if update was successful, otherwise 0.

COMMUNICATION INIT DESTINATION … RETURNCODE sets SY-SUBRC as specified.

CONCATENATE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the result fits into target variable, otherwise 4.

CREATE OBJECT sets SY-SUBRC if the exceptions of the instance constructor are handled.

CREATE OBJECT in OLE2 sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if an external object was created, otherwise 1,2, 3 with different causes.

DELETE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the operation was successful, otherwise 4 or 0 depending on cause.

DEMAND … MESSAGES INTO sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if a message table is empty, otherwise 0.

DESCRIBE LIST sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if row or list exists, otherwise 4 or 8.

EXEC SQL - ENDEXEC sets SY-SUBRC to 0 in almost all cases. Only if no set was read with FETCH is SY-SUBRC 4.

FETCH sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if at least one row was read, otherwise 4.

GENERATE SUBROUTINE POOL sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if generation was successful, otherwise 8.

GET CURSOR sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the cursor is correctly positioned, otherwise 4.

GET PARAMETER sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if value found in SAP Memory, otherwise 4.

IMPORT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if import of data objects was successful, otherwise 4.

LOAD REPORT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the operation was successful, otherwise 4 or 8 depending on cause.

LOOP sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if loop over extract was passed at least once, otherwise 4.

LOOP AT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if loop over internal table was passed at least once, otherwise 4.

MODIFY sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 4.

MODIFY LINE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if list row was changed, otherwise 0.

MODIFY sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 4.

OLE2 automation, bundled commands set SY-SUBRC to 0 if all were successfully executed, otherwise 1, 2, 3, 4 depending on cause.

OPEN DATASET sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the file was opened, otherwise 8.

Open SQL commands set SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 0.

OVERLAY sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if at least one character is overlayed, otherwise 4.

READ DATASET sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the read operation was successful, otherwise 4 or 8 depending on cause.

READ LINE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if list row exists, otherwise 0.

READ TABLE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the table row was found, otherwise 2, 4, 8 depending on cause.

REPLACE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if search string could be replaced, otherwise 0.

ROLLBACK WORK always sets SY-SUBRC to 0.

SCROLL sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if scrolling in list successful, otherwise 4 or 8 depending on cause.

SEARCH sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if search string was found, otherwise 4.

SELECT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if at least one row was read, otherwise 4 or even 8 with SELECT SINGLE FOR UPDATE.

SET COUNTRY sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if country ID was found in table T005X, otherwise 4.

SET BIT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if bit was set, otherwise 0.

SET TITLEBAR sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if title exists, otherwise 4.

SHIFT … UP TO sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if position was found in character string, otherwise 4.

SPLIT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if size of target fields is sufficient, otherwise 4.

UPDATE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation successful, otherwise 4.

WRITE … TO sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if assignment successful, otherwise 4.

Regards,

Renjith Michael.

Re: SY-SUBRC

arpit_shah — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:15:11 GMT

Hi, Chidambar

Any Value other than 0 (zero) represents an error in execution of the code. So to differentiate between Succesful Execution and Failure they might have put 0 for success code.

so it is defined by SAP, that if sy-subrc eq 0.

Re: SY-SUBRC

Former Member — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:19:54 GMT

Hi,

According to sy-subrc we can decide it what type of error it is.

byeeeeeeee