ABAP

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Hi,

What is dataset?

Thanks in advance.

[former_member386202]

Hi,

Dataset is a sequential file on application server.

Regards,

Prashant

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[Former Member]

hi Baskar,

Dataset is a sequential file mainly used in BDC to upload or download.

Thanks,

Srikanth.A

[Former Member]

Hi

DATASETS are the one which are used to READ, WRITE data from Application server.

see the sample code

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*& Report ZUPLOADTAB *

*& *

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*& Example of Uploading tab delimited file *

*& *

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REPORT zuploadtab .

PARAMETERS: p_infile LIKE rlgrap-filename

OBLIGATORY DEFAULT '/usr/sap/'..

DATA: ld_file LIKE rlgrap-filename.

*Internal tabe to store upload data

TYPES: BEGIN OF t_record,

name1 like pa0002-VORNA,

name2 like pa0002-name2,

age type i,

END OF t_record.

DATA: it_record TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF t_record INITIAL SIZE 0,

wa_record TYPE t_record.

*Text version of data table

TYPES: begin of t_uploadtxt,

name1(10) type c,

name2(15) type c,

age(5) type c,

end of t_uploadtxt.

DATA: wa_uploadtxt TYPE t_uploadtxt.

*String value to data in initially.

DATA: wa_string(255) type c.

constants: con_tab TYPE x VALUE '09'.

*If you have Unicode check active in program attributes then you will

*need to declare constants as follows:

*class cl_abap_char_utilities definition load.

*constants:

• con_tab type c value cl_abap_char_utilities=>HORIZONTAL_TAB.

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*START-OF-SELECTION

START-OF-SELECTION.

ld_file = p_infile.

OPEN DATASET ld_file FOR INPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT.

IF sy-subrc NE 0.

ELSE.

DO.

CLEAR: wa_string, wa_uploadtxt.

READ DATASET ld_file INTO wa_string.

IF sy-subrc NE 0.

EXIT.

ELSE.

SPLIT wa_string AT con_tab INTO wa_uploadtxt-name1

wa_uploadtxt-name2

wa_uploadtxt-age.

MOVE-CORRESPONDING wa_uploadtxt TO wa_upload.

APPEND wa_upload TO it_record.

ENDIF.

ENDDO.

CLOSE DATASET ld_file.

ENDIF.

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*END-OF-SELECTION

END-OF-SELECTION.

*!! Text data is now contained within the internal table IT_RECORD

• Display report data for illustration purposes

loop at it_record into wa_record.

write:/ sy-vline,

(10) wa_record-name1, sy-vline,

(10) wa_record-name2, sy-vline,

(10) wa_record-age, sy-vline.

endloop.

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