delete records in internal table

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have two internal tables itab1 and itab2.

I need to delete records from itab1 comparing the data from itab2. I tried to use the read statement within the main table.

My problem is itab2 and itab1 has multiple records and all the records need to be checked from itab2 with itab1 before deleting the records from itab1.

itab1 and itab2 have a common field 'runid' between them.

How can this be accomplished?

Thanks,

VG

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have two internal tables itab1 and itab2.

I need to delete records from itab1 comparing the data from itab2. I tried to use the read statement within the main table.

My problem is itab2 and itab1 has multiple records and all the records need to be checked from itab2 with itab1 before deleting the records from itab1.

itab1 and itab2 have a common field 'runid' between them.

How can this be accomplished?

Thanks,

VG

[Former Member]

loop at itab1 into is1.
 read table itab2 into is2 with key runid = is1-runid.
 if sy-subrc NE 0.
  delete itab1.
 endif.
endloop.

[Former Member]

Can you provide a example of the internal table values and how you are expecting to delete the records?

[Former Member]

Hi,

The records appear like this,

itab1

3464, 0100, PP, 1855

3475, 0100,PP,1864

3455,0100,PP,1877

3488,0100,PP,1866

itab2 records

3464,0100,PP,1855

3488,0100,PP,1866

I need to delete the records 1864 and 1877.

Thanks again,

VG

[Former Member]

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Edited by: Vikranth.Reddy on Oct 5, 2009 10:10 PM

[Former Member]

Yes. I got it.

Thanks

VG

[venkat_o]

Hi VG, Try this way.

data: tabix type sy-tabix.
loop at itab1.
  tabix = sy-tabix.
 LOOP at itab2 where runid = itab1-runid.
 if sy-subrc NE 0.
  delete itab1 index tabix.
 endif.
endloop.

Thanks Venkat.O

[Former Member]

>

> Hi VG,
> Try this way.
> 

> data: tabix type sy-tabix.
> loop at itab1.
>   tabix = sy-tabix.
>  _LOOP at itab2 where runid = itab1-runid._
_>  if sy-subrc NE 0._
>   delete itab1 index tabix.
>  endif.
> endloop.
> 
> Thanks
> Venkat.O

Venkat, inside a loop a IF SY-SUBRC NE 0 doesn't make sense because you are in the loop only after the condition in WHERE clause is satisfied (which means SY-SUBRC is always 0). Also you are missing another ENDLOOP.

[venkat_o]

Hey thanks for highlighting my mistake. I just wrote without system.

data: tabix type sy-tabix.
loop at itab1.
  tabix = sy-tabix.
 Read table itab2 with key runid = itab1-runid.
 if sy-subrc NE 0.
  delete itab1 index tabix.
 endif.
endloop.

Thanks Venkat.O