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Runtime Declaration of Internal Table

Former Member — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:36:47 GMT

Hi All

I need to create an internal table at runtime.

I have a selection screen parameter which is specific to country, Which can take values below

eg:- IT_AREA for Italy(IT)

FR_AREA for France(FR)

IE_AREA for Ireland(IE).....And similary for other countries

Based on the Above parameter, I need to create Internal Table as below

DATA: itab TYPE italy_data Occurs 0.

If I declare as above, Then itab has fields from italy_data. And this internal table i will be sending it to Function Module to get data into it.

My Requirement is to Create the Internal table itab during runtime for tables italy_data OR france_data OR ireland_data based on selection screen parameter. Tables on Country may have different number of fields in it.

Can anyone help me on this??

Re: Runtime Declaration of Internal Table

Former Member — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:43:06 GMT

Check this webblog of Dynamic Internal Table

/people/rich.heilman2/blog/2005/07/27/dynamic-internal-tables-and-structures--abap

Re: Runtime Declaration of Internal Table

rainer_hbenthal — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:47:01 GMT


DATA:
  tabname      type string,
  it                 TYPE REF TO data,
  wa                 TYPE REF TO data.

FIELD-SYMBOLS:
  <it>               TYPE STANDARD TABLE,
  <p>                TYPE ANY.

case s_ctry-low.

  when 'IT_AREA '.
    tabname = 'italy_data'.

* other possibilities here
  
endcase.

  CREATE DATA it TYPE TABLE OF (tabname).
  ASSIGN it->* TO <it>.

select *
into table <it>
from (tabname).

Edited by: Rainer Hübenthal on Feb 4, 2008 1:47 PM