add record

[Former Member]

hi,

i need to add record to sap standard table.

if i use insert then repeated key field not allowed me to do so.

should i do like this.

if record found use update whereas if record not found use insert.

loop

UPDATE ... SET ...

WHERE ....

IF sy-subrc = 0.

COMMIT WORK.

ELSE.

insert ....

COMMIT WORK

ENDIF.

endloop.

thanks

[Former Member]

hey,

use modify stmt.... it will modify the record if it existing otherwise will add a new record ........

thanks

Ajantha R

[former_member156446]

if the strucuture of the internal table which you are looping is same as the database table, with out any loop you can directly put..

modify <DBtable> from <itab>."DBtable and Itab need to be of same structure

[Former Member]

hi,

if i use modify from table like this

modify <DBtable> from <itab>."DBtable and Itab need to be of same structure

do i still need to add in commit work?

or something like this?

if sy-subrc = 0

commit work.

else

rollback work.

endif.

thanks

[Former Member]

Yes you would still need to add the commit work statement.

cheers,

Sushil Joshi

[Former Member]

If b4 the program ends if u need to read the value u updated then its necessary to write commit work ortherwise once the program ends all the cahnges are committed to the database

but its preferable to write commit

[Former Member]

Hi,

Its always better to commit work to be on safer side.

Its always better to use modify if we need to add a record or update a reacord.

MODIFY dbtable FROM TABLE itab1. 
Or
MODIFY dbtable FROM wa_itab1

The MODIFY statement inserts one or several lines specified in source in the database table specified in target, or overwrites existing lines.

So we can have like this :

loop at itab1 into wa_itab1
MODIFY dbtable FROM wa_itab1
IF sy-subrc = 0.
COMMIT WORK.
ELSE.
ROLLBACK WORK.
ENDIF.
endloop.

Or.

MODIFY dbtable FROM TABLE itab1.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
COMMIT WORK.
ELSE.
ROLLBACK WORK.
ENDIF.

Hope this helps you.

plz reward if useful.

thanks,

dhanashri.

Edited by: Dhanashri Pawar on Jul 15, 2008 6:34 AM