ABAP SQL

[Former Member]

Hello Experts,

can anyone please help me translate an Oracle select statement into ABAP, the main problem is reading from more than 4 tables in a single select query such as:

select t1.F1, t1.F2, t2.F3, t3.F4, t3.F5

from tabl1 t1, table2 t2, table3 t3, table4 t4

where t1.PK = t2.FK

and t1.PK = t3.FK

and t1.PK(+) = t2.FK

and t3.PK = t4.FK

and t4.F6 = 'VALUE'

where table1,2,3,4 are table names / F1,2,3,4 are table fields / left outer join / and 'VALUE' is any value passed to query / FK foreign key / PK primary key

note that table4 is used to setup the where clase and no fields are retrieved from it.

can this be translated into ABAP query? please help

Best Regards,

[vijaymanikandan]

Hi,

There must a option like Bind variable in your screen. Are you running a SQL trace in ST05?

Regards,

Vijay V

[Former Member]

Actually I have a field that I should retrieve data to from different tables, so instead of making 3 or 4 queries I thought it is possible to write in my program a single query. but since this is not recommended I will try to get data from each table seperately.

[vijaymanikandan]

Hi,

Try to use "for all entries" or you can find a suitable Function module that can meet your requirement. I think you can write a join upto 3 tables if the requirement is there.

Regards,

Vijay V

[Former Member]

Samir

As far as i know you should avoid very complex joins (4 tables it's too much and not afficient but join of 2 tables for example it's more than welcome ( based on situation of course),but you can use all kinds of other tools like for all entries for example)

Best Regards

Yossi Rozenberg

[Former Member]

Hi

It's shoul look something like this....

But not recommended to much...

select t1_{F1, t1}F2, t2_{F3, t3}F4, t3~F5

from tabl1 as t1 left outer join table2 as t2

on t1_{PK = t2}FK

inner join table3 as t3

on t1_{PK = t3}FK

inner join table4 as t4

on t3_{PK = t4}FK

where t4~F6 = 'VALUE'

Best Regards

Yossi Rozenberg