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sy-subrc

Former Member — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:39:07 GMT

Hi Gurus,

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

can u please explain this in detail

points would be rewarded

asuthosh

Re: sy-subrc

Former Member — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:42:58 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.

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Re: sy-subrc

Former Member — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:43:50 GMT

Hi asuthosh