Database record position

[Former Member]

hello

I have 100 records in my databse table.i am fetching one record using select single query.i want to know at which position that record exist in database?how can i know that position?i am not using internal table here as so much data is there.

regards

soniya.

[Former Member]

GOTO se11 > DD03L > Give tabname (MARA) and fieldname (MATNR) > you will get its postion (2) in POSITION field.

Regards,

Sachin

[Former Member]

hello

i dont want toknow the position of field.i just want to know a record position.

like,in database table i have field like below.and its having records like a,b,c.....

field1

a

b

c

d

e

i want to know that d record exist at which position.

regards

soniya

[Former Member]

Soniya,

you can not predict where a perticular record will reside in databse. there are so many factors in consideratioon when data base records are saved.

there can not be a fixed sequence . it also might chnage on dependening the updates atking place on thet perticular table.

some time data base buffering will also come in picture . If your table is buffered, when you will call select and if the data present in buffere, it will not access db table at all.

So it is never a good practice to write a logic based on database index of records saved,

Always hit db with a Key fileds or some seocndary index fileds.

[Former Member]

Hi soniya,

In that select single query, you need to pass the key field value in the where condition to get exactly a single record. If you are not going to use any internal table, make use of the structure of the table itself.

By using Tables declaration statement.

Thanks.

[Former Member]

select *
  from dbtab
   into table itab.
 if sy-subrc = 0.
   position = sy-dbcnt.
 endif.
endselect

Here in position, u will get record number in dbtable.

Edited by: Sachin Dandekar on Mar 19, 2009 2:47 PM

[Former Member]

Hi Soniya,

If you are sure that only one record is going to fetch from database table.

Then use below code.

select *
  from dbtab
   into table itab.
 if sy-subrc = 0.
   position = sy-dbcnt.
 endif.
endselect.

Regards,

Sachin

[matt]

>

> Hi Soniya,
> 
> If you are sure that only one record is going to fetch from database table.
> Then use below code.
> 
> 

> select *
>   from dbtab
>    into table itab.
>  if sy-subrc = 0.
>    position = sy-dbcnt.
>  endif.
> endselect.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Sachin

syntactically incorrect.

[Former Member]

hello matt and santosh

thanks for your correct information.

for others,

for getting one record i am using select single only and I have already mentioned that i dont want to use internal table here.

thanks & regards

soniya.

[awin_prabhu]

Hi Soniya,

Try like this.

DATA: s type i.

SELECT *

FROM mara <--- First select all records from database tab to internal table

INTO TABLE itab.

*Loop at internal table, find a unique record's position which is in same position in DB

IF sy-subrc = 0.

LOOP AT itab into wa.

if wa-matnr = '000000000000000127'.

s = sy-tabix. <-- Sy-tabix gives current record position same as in mara table

endif.

ENDLOOP.

ENDIF.

Edited by: Sap Fan on Mar 19, 2009 10:38 AM

Edited by: Sap Fan on Mar 19, 2009 10:40 AM

[matt]

With relational database, there is no concept of "position" within a database table.

What are you wanting to achieve?

matt

[Former Member]

Hi,

It is not the right way to identify the position based on the databse entries.

Still you want to do that here is the logic,

select * from dbtab into table it_tab. "First fetch all entries

select single * from dbtab into wa_tab where <condition>. "Now just get the record which you need

read table it_tab with key keyfield1 = wa_tab-keyfield1 ... transporting no fields.
write: / sy-tabix. "Here sy-tabix will give the position of the record

Regards,

Manoj Kumar P